Fracking Regulation Analysis

Policy Stream: As mentioned previously, each province is in charge of fracking regulation policies and enforcements. One may wonder if these regulatory systems will ever be addressed by the federal government. Mostly likely not, at least not any time soon. There are existing regulation policies for fracking, however, each industry is in charge of addressing them in the way it's beneficial for them and the province, without having any federal enforcement behind their shoulders. In Canada, there have been major policy communities involved in this issue for the past three years in order to grab the attention of the federal government. One of the major players is an organization called The Council of Canadians. The Council of Canadians are against fracking because of the high use of freshwater, high carbon emissions, health impacts on humans and wildlife, and the danger fracking poses to groundwater and local tap water 11. Their movement and arguments have made significant contribution in the Canadian public opinion concerning fracking and its risks. An example for such success has to be the revealed poll that has …show more content…
If these policies were implemented in other provinces, such as British Columbia, who would guarantee the effectiveness? Canada’s provinces have distinct characteristics from geographical to cultural aspects, which is why standard regulation on fracking wouldn’t be effective. There are existing regulation policies on fracking, but not on a national level because each provinces prefers to be in charge of their oil industry. There is no openness for the federal government to intervene if the policies are there, but highly depend on the province. This conclusion leaves the federal government with no work to do concerning on regulating fracking thus causing no opportunity of policy change, which leaves the politics stream in a