Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable RICHARD NEUFELD
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Issue No. 24
Thirty-ninth meeting:
Study on the effects of transitioning to a low carbon economy
and
Second (final) meeting:
Bill S-229, An Act respecting underground infrastructure safety
INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-229)
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special study budget 2017-2018 — low carbon economy)
WITNESSES
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Environment and Climate Change Canada:
John Moffet, Acting Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Branch;
Derek Hermanutz, Director General, Economic Analysis Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch;
Matt Jones, Director General, Climate Policy Office, Strategic Policy Branch.
Helen Ryan, Director General, Energy and Transport, Environmental Protection Branch.
Department of Finance Canada:
Sean Keenan, Director, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;
Gervais Coulombe, Chief, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Richard Neufeld, Chair
The Honourable Paul J. Massicotte, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Black, Day, Dean, Fraser, Galvez,
Griffin, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Lang, MacDonald, McCoy, Mockler,
Patterson, Seidman, *Smith (or Martin),
Wetston
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (April 4, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (March 31, 2017).