Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association

4:20 pm

Ms Annick Papillon, MP:

I understand that there are many environmental issues which raise questions in Canada and these must be observed. Perhaps because I represent the opposition I maintain that there are many things that we should do better and improve.

There is no way of not doing this in Alberta. As my colleague stated, it is a provincial issue also. Better regulation is all that we can do about that but there is no way to shut it down. The oil sands in Alberta are so big that there is no way to not explore it. It is so big that we can endure it. All that matters is investing more in Government regulations.