MPs to study impact of Alberta's oilsands on water supplies
OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee is launching a study on the impact of Alberta's oilsands on Canada's freshwater supplies.
The House of Commons environment committee agreed this week to proceed June 16 with a study.
Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia says there's growing concern in Alberta and among Canadians about the effect of the sprawling oilsands on the future of the country's freshwater supplies.
He says the study would have begun earlier, but it was delayed by a Conservative filibuster on a climate change bill.
