Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19

Chair: The Honourable ROSA GALVEZ

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Issue No. 56

Sixth and seventh 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

• Minutes of Proceedings - February 26, 2019
• Minutes of Proceedings - February 28, 2019
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 26, 2019
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 28, 2019

WITNESSES

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Government of Ontario:

The Honourable Greg Rickford, M.P.P., Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines.

Mining Association of Canada:

Pierre Gratton, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Justyna Laurie-Lean, Vice-President, Environment and Regulatory Affairs.

Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada:

Lisa McDonald, Executive Director;

Lesley Williams, Director of Policy.

Canadian Hydropower Association (WaterPower Canada):

Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin, President;

Pierre Lundahl, Chief Consultant.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Government of Saskatchewan:

The Honourable Bronwyn Eyre, M.L.A., Minister of Energy and Resources.

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador:

The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador;

The Honourable Siobhan Coady, M.H.A., Minister of Natural Resources.

Government of Alberta:

The Honourable Rachel Notley, Premier of Alberta;

Beverly Yee, Deputy Minister, Alberta Environment and Parks.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Chair

The Honourable Michael L. MacDonald, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Carignan, P.C., Cordy, *Day (or Mercer), Frum, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), LaBoucane-Benson, Maltais, Martin, Massicotte, McCallum, Mockler, Ngo, Patterson, Pratte, 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 Ngo replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (February 28, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. (February 28, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (February 28, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (February 28, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (February 28, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (February 27, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (February 27, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator Massicotte (February 26, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. (February 26, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (February 26, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (February 26, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (February 25, 2019).