Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable ROSA GALVEZ
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Issue No. 54
First, second and third meetings:
Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 5, 2019
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 6, 2019
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 7, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 5, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 6, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 7, 2019
WITNESSES
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Environment and Climate Change Canada:
Stephen Lucas, Deputy Minister.
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency:
Ron Hallman, President;
Christine Loth-Bown, Vice President, Policy Development Sector;
Terrence Hubbard, Vice President, Operations;
Brent Parker, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs.
Natural Resources Canada:
Christyne Tremblay, Deputy Minister;
Timothy Gardiner, Acting Director General, Petroleum Resources Branch, Energy Sector.
Transport Canada:
Thao Pham, Associate Deputy Minister;
Nancy Harris, Executive Director, Regulatory Stewardship and Aboriginal Affairs.
Department of Justice Canada:
Jean-Sébastien Rochon, Senior Counsel, Resource Development Coordination Unit.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission:
Rumina Velshi, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Mike Rinker, Director General, Directorate of Environmental and Radiation Protection and Assessment.
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency:
Brent Parker, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs.
National Energy Board:
Sandy Lapointe, Executive Vice President, Regulatory;
Jim Fox, Vice President, Integrated Energy Information and Analysis;
Robert Steedman, Chief Environment Officer.
Nunavut Impact Review Board:
Elizabeth Copland, Chairperson;
Ryan Barry, Executive Director.
Alberta Energy Regulator:
Mark Taylor, Executive Vice President, Operations (by video conference);
Wade Clark, Executive Director, Resources and Development, Department of Energy, Government of Alberta (by video conference);
Heather Dent, Senior Manager, Assessment and Continuations, Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta (by video conference);
Stan Rutwind, Special Advisor, Indigenous Relations, Government of Alberta (by video conference);
Andrew MacPherson, Director, In Situ Authorization, Alberta Energy Regulator (by video conference);
Meighan LaCasse, Legal Counsel, Law Branch, Alberta Energy Regulator (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Chair
The Honourable Michael L. MacDonald, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Cordy, *Day (or Mercer), Doyle, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), LaBoucane-Benson, Massicotte, McCallum, Mockler, Patterson, Richards, Seidman, Simons, *Smith (or Martin), Tkachuk, Woo, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Doyle replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. (February 7, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Woo replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (February 6, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator Wetston (February 6, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Wetston replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (February 6, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (February 6, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (February 6, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (February 4, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (December 13, 2018).