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, April 9, 2019
Issue No. 60
Fifteenth and sixteenth 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 - April 9, 2019 (morning meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 9, 2019 (afternoon meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 9, 2019 (morning meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 9, 2019 (afternoon meeting)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 (morning meeting)
Cenovus Energy Inc.:
Al Reid, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel;
Ariane Bourassa, Senior Advisor, Government Affairs.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited:
Steve Laut, Executive Vice-Chairman;
Nicholas Gafuik, Manager, Public Affairs.
Imperiale:
Theresa Redburn, Senior Vice President, Corporate and Commercial Development;
Helga Shield, Manager, Environment, Regulatory and Socioeconomic.
Blood Tribe:
Roy (Makiinima) Fox, Chief, Alberta;
Clayton Blood, Executive Director, Kainai Resources;
Heather Exner-Pirot, Technical Expert.
Suncor Energy:
Ginny Flood, Vice-President, Government Relations;
Janice Linehan, Manager.
As individuals:
Martin Olszynski, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary;
Aerin Jacob, Conservation Scientist.
Suits and Boots:
Rick Peterson, Founder and President;
Brad Schell, Honorary Chair.
Young Women in Energy:
Katie Smith, Executive Director.
Pembina Pipeline Corporation:
Michael (Mick) Dilger, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Tanis Fiss, Government Relations.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 (afternoon meeting)
C.D. Howe Institute:
Grant Sprague, Senior Fellow;
Grant Bishop, Associate Director of Research.
TransCanada:
Patrick Keys, Senior Vice-President, Legal.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt L.L.P:
Martin Ignasiak, Partner;
Sander Duncanson, Partner;
Jessica Kennedy, Associate.
As an individual:
The Honourable Nick Taylor, former senator, Former Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
University of Calgary:
Arlene Kwasniak, Professor Emerita of Law, University of Calgary.
Young Pipeliners Association of Canada:
Sarah Vandaiyar, President and Chief Executive Officer.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Chair
The Honourable Michael L. MacDonald, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Black (Alberta), Carignan, P.C., Cordy, *Day (or Mercer), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), Massicotte, McCallum, Mockler, Neufeld, Patterson, Richards, Seidman, Simons, *Smith (or Martin), *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 Black (Alberta) replaced the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson (April 9, 2019).
The Honourable Senator McCallum replaced the Honourable Senator Duncan (April 9, 2019).