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
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Issue No. 62
Nineteenth and twentieth 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
WITNESSES
Thursday, April 11, 2019 (morning)
Whitecap Resources Inc.:
Grant Fagerheim, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Cameco Corporation:
Alice Wong, Senior Vice-President and Chief Corporate Officer;
Liam Mooney, Vice-President, Safety, Health, Environmental Quality and Regulatory Relations.
Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd.:
Brian Schmidt (Aakaikkitstakii), President and Chief Executive Officer, Honorary Chief of the Blood Tribe (Blackfoot).
Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative:
Reverend Michael Poellet, President.
Saskatchewan Mining Association:
Pam Schwann, President;
Jessica Theriault, Director of Environment with the Mosaic Company.
Mosaic:
Sarah Fedorchuk, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Government Relations.
Nutrien:
Mike Webb, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer.
As an individual:
Dwight Newman, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights; University of Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities:
Ray Orb, President.
SaskPower:
Randolph Seguin, Resource Specialist, Environmental Assessment;
Douglas Opseth, Director, Generation Asset Management and Planning.
Athabasca Basin Security:
Ron Hyggen, Chief Executive Officer.
Thursday, April 11, 2019 (afternoon)
As an individual:
Maureen Reed, Professor, University of Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce:
Steve McLellan, Chief Executive Officer;
Joshua Kurkjian, Director of Research and Policy Development.
Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association:
Gordon Barnhart, President.
As an individual:
Sonia L. Eggerman, Constitutional and Aboriginal Law Lawyer, MLT Aikins LLP.
Des Nedhe Development:
Sean Willy, 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:
Carignan, P.C., Cordy, *Day (or Mercer), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), LaBoucane-Benson, Massicotte, McCallum, Mockler, Neufeld, Patterson, Richards, 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 LaBoucane-Benson replaced the Honourable Senator Black (Alberta) (April 11, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (April 11, 2019).