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, June 6, 2017
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Issue No. 29
Second (final) meeting:
Bill C-238, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for the safe and environmentally sound disposal of lamps containing mercury
and
Forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth meetings:
Study on the effects of transitioning to a low carbon economy
INCLUDING:
THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-238)
THE TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
Decarbonizing Transportation in Canada
(Study on the effects of transitioning to a low carbon economy)
WITNESSES
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association:
Robert Cadigan, President and Chief Executive Officer (by videoconference);
Byron Sparkes, Senior Policy Advisor (by videoconference).
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers:
Terry Abel, Executive Vice-President (by videoconference);
Patrick McDonald, Director, Climate and Innovation.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Canadian Labour Congress:
Donald Lafleur, Executive Vice-President;
Chris Roberts, Director, Social and Economic Policy.
Canadian Fuels Association:
Peter Boag, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Lise Stilborn, Vice-President, Ontario Division.
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 Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (June 7, 2017).
The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (June 7, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (June 6, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (June 6, 2017).