Past Session:

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

Monday, April 29, 2019
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Thursday, May 2, 2019

Issue No. 68

Thirty-first, thirty-second and thirty-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

APPEARING

Thursday, May 2, 2019

The Honourable Catherine McKenna, P.C., M.P., Minister of Environment and Climate Change;

The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, P.C., M.P., Minister of Natural Resources;

The Honourable Marc Garneau, P.C., M.P., Minister of Transport.

WITNESSES

Monday, April 29, 2019

As an individual:

Deborah de Lange, Associate Professor, Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University.

ARC Financial Corp.:

Mac Van Wielingen, Founder and Partner (by video conference).

Professional Surveyors Canada:

Michael Andrew Thompson, Vice-Chair;

Wilson Phillips, Past Chair.

Dene Nation:

Norman Yakeleya, National Chief (by video conference).

Cynthia Westaway, Counsel and Director.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

The Honourable Blaine Higgs, Premier of New Brunswick.

Government of New Brunswick:

Louis Leger, Deputy Minister and Chief of Staff;

Nicolle Carlin, Director, Communications.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke:

Ross Montour, Council Chief;

Francis Walsh, Legal Counsel.

The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women:

Leah Levac, Research Associate and Associate Professor, University of Guelph (by video conference);

Susan Manning, Researcher and PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University (by video conference).

York Factory First Nation:

Leroy Constant, Chief;

Louisa Constant, Advisor.

As individuals:

Brenda Kenny;

Wade Locke, Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Government of Alberta:

The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., Premier of Alberta;

The Honourable Sonya Savage, Minister of Energy.

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency:

Ron Hallman, President;

Christine Loth-Bown, Vice President, External Relations and Strategic Policy.

Environment and Climate Change Canada:

Stephen Lucas, Deputy Minister.

Natural Resources Canada:

Christyne Tremblay, Deputy Minister;

Jeff Labonté, Assistant Deputy Minister, Major Projects Management Office.

Transport Canada:

Thao Pham, Associate Deputy Minister.

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, Seidman, Simons, *Smith (or Martin), 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 Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (May 2, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Saint-Germain replaced the Honourable Senator Dalphond (May 2, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (May 2, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (May 2, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Dalphond replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (May 1, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 1, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (May 1, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Dalphond (May 1, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Simons replaced the Honourable Senator McCoy (May 1, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Dalphond replaced the Honourable Senator Massicotte (April 30, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (April 30, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (April 29, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. (April 29, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (April 29, 2019).

The Honourable Senator McCoy replaced the Honourable Senator Simons (April 29, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Mercer (April 29, 2019).

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (April 26, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Woo replaced the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne (April 26, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (April 26, 2019).

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