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

Issue No. 60 - Minutes of Proceedings - April 9, 2019 (afternoon meeting)

CALGARY, Tuesday, April 9, 2019
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The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources met this day at 1:02 p.m., in the Wildrose North room of the Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire Hotel, the chair, the Honourable Rosa Galvez, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Carignan, P.C., Cordy, Galvez, MacDonald, Mockler, Neufeld, Patterson, Richards and Simons (9).

In attendance: Sam Banks and Jesse Good, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, December 12, 2018, the committee continued its examination of 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. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 54.)

WITNESSES:

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.

Mr. Sprague, Mr. Bishop and Mr. Keys each made a statement and answered questions.

At 2:05 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 2:08 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mr. Taylor, Mr. Ignasiak, Mr. Duncanson and Ms. Kennedy each made a statement and answered questions.

At 3:03 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 3:07 p.m., the committee resumed.

Ms. Kwasniak and Ms. Vandaiyar each made a statement and answered questions.

At 4 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Maxime Fortin
Clerk of the Committee