Idle No More demonstrators gather at Ralph Goodale's office

An Idle No More demonstrator says she wants to know MP Ralph Goodale's stance on renewable energy after the Husky pipeline breach into the North Saskatchewan River.

Nancy Greyeyeswas among a group of around five who carried signs and drummed outside Goodale's Regina office Wednesday.

She said she was frustrated after the river, which she calls home, was contaminated by oil and other materials in the spill.

"It broke my heart to have to tell my granddaughter, 'don't touch that water, no you can't get in that water' when any other time we would go to the river and my kids and my grandkids could just go and play."

Greyeyes says she's concerned that she's seeing more pipelinesand not much effort by the liberal government to invest in renewable energy sources instead.

She said the group wanted to ask Goodale where he stands on renewable energy.

"We have the technology. There's no reason we shouldn't move forward like other countries have. There's many countries who are moving up to 50 per cent, close to 100 per cent renewable energy. Why is Canada lagging behind?" she told reporters during the demonstration.

Goodalesays demonstrators welcome

Goodale's office responded with a written statement from the MPabout the demonstrators and their questions.

"These citizens are expressing their worries and are welcome to do so. The Government of Canada shares their concerns, and we want to address it as rapidly as possible and to learn from the incident to ensure that it doesn't happen again," he said.

The statement added that immediate responsibility for the pipeline breach is at the provincial level, but said the federal government 'wants to work with all parties to ensure the response is strong, appropriate and effective.'

Goodalesaid the federal government continues to stand by to offer additional assistance to Saskatchewan if required.