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, June 18, 2019
Issue No. 72
First (final) meeting:
Bill C-88, An Act to amend the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and the Canada Petroleum
Resources Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
and
Seventy-eighth meeting:
Study on the effects of transitioning to a low carbon economy
INCLUDING
TWENTY-FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-88, An Act to amend the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and the Canada Petroleum
Resources Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts)
WITNESSES
APPEARING
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, P.C., M.P., Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations.
WITNESSES
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada:
Diane Lafleur, Associate Deputy Minister;
Mark Hopkins, Director General, Natural Resources and Environment Branch;
Gilles Binda, Director, Resource Policy and Programs Directorate;
Michel Chénier, Director, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Management Directorate.
Government of Northwest Territories:
James Fulford, Chief Negotiator, Offshore, Executive and Indigenous Affairs (by video conference).
Gwich'in Tribal Council:
David MacMartin, Director, Intergovernmental Relations (by video conference).
Tlicho Government:
George Mackenzie, Grand Chief (by video conference);
Bertha Rabesca Zoe, Legal Counsel and Laws Guardian (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Chair
The Honourable Michael L. MacDonald, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Carignan, P.C., Cordy, Dalphond, *Day (or Mercer), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) or Mitchell), LaBoucane-Benson, Massicotte, McCallum, Mockler, Neufeld, Patterson, Richards, Saint-Germain, 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 Dalphond replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (June 18, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (June 6, 2019).