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
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Issue No. 27
First and second meetings:
Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Rouge National Urban Park Act, the Parks
Canada Agency Act and the Canada National Parks Act
APPEARING
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, P.C., M.P., Minister of Environment and Climate Change
WITNESSES
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Parks Canada Agency:
Daniel Watson, Chief Executive Officer;
Pam Veinotte, Field Unit Superintendent, Rouge National Urban Park;
Rachel Grasham, Director, Policy, Legislative and Cabinet Affairs.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society:
Janet Sumner, Executive Director, Wildlands League.
Whittamore's Farm:
Mike Whittamore, Owner (by video conference).
Friends of the Rouge Watershed:
Jim Robb, General Manager (by video conference).
Parks Canada Agency:
Pam Veinotte, Field Unit Superintendent, Rouge National Urban Park.
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 MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (May 18, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (May 16, 2017).