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Transport and Communications


Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16

Chair: The Honourable DENNIS DAWSON


Tuesday, March 8, 2016 (in camera)
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Issue No. 2

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

First, second, third, fourth and fifth meetings:

Study on the development of a strategy to facilitate the transport of crude oil to eastern Canadian refineries and to ports on the East and West coasts of Canada

First meeting:

Study on the regulatory and technical issues related to the deployment of connected and automated vehicles

INCLUDING:
THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special study budget 2016-2017 — Conference on automated vehicles)

THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special study budget 2016-2017 — Transport of Crude Oil)


WITNESSES

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Macdonald-Laurier Institute:

Sean Speer, Senior Fellow.

As an individual:

Mike Cleland, Senior Fellow, Institute for Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

As individuals:

Geoffrey Hale, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Lethbridge;

Yale Belanger, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Lethbridge.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Fraser Institute:

Kenneth Green, Senior Director of Natural Resource Studies (by video conference).

C.D. Howe Institute:

Benjamin Dachis, Associate Director of Research.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP:

Alan Ross, Partner.


MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Dennis Dawson, Chair

The Honourable Michael L. MacDonald, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

        Boisvenu, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Doyle, Eggleton, P.C., Greene, *Harder, P.C., Mercer, Plett, Runciman, Tannas, Unger

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Black (April 20, 2016).

The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (April 19, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (April 18, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Ringuette was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (March 24, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Doyle was added to the membership (March 22, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (March 8, 2016).

The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (March 8, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (March 4, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (March 4, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (February 17, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (February 17, 2016).

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