Past Session:

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16

Chair: The Honourable DENNIS DAWSON

Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Issue No. 4

Third meeting:
Study on emerging issues related to its mandate and ministerial mandate letters

Twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth 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 and second (last) meetings:
Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act and to provide for certain other measures

INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act and to provide for certain other measures)

APPEARING:

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

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

As individuals:

The Honourable David Emerson, P.C., Former Chair, Canada Transportation Act Review Panel;

Murad Al-Katib, Former Advisor, Canada Transportation Act Review Panel.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Macdonald-Laurier Institute:

Ken Coates, Senior Fellow in Aboriginal and Northern Canadian Issues (by video conference).

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Transport Canada:

Laureen Kinney, Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security;

Brigitte Diogo, Director General, Rail Safety;

Benoit Turcotte, Director, Regulatory Affairs Branch, Transport Dangerous Goods.

Natural Resources Canada:

Terence Hubbard, Director General, Petroleum Resources Branch;

Lisanne Bazinet, Deputy Director, Pipelines Gas and LNG Division, Petroleum Resources Branch;

Timothy Gardiner, Director General, Strategic Projects Secretariat, Major Projects Management Office.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

As an individual:

Monica Gattinger, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa.

Assembly of First Nations:

Perry Bellegarde, National Chief;

Craig Makinaw, Alberta Regional Chief;

William David, Senior Policy Analyst, National Chief's Office.

Monday, June 20, 2016

Transport Canada:

Sara Wiebe, Director General, Air Policy;

Daniel Blasioli, Senior Counsel.

Government of Manitoba:

The Honourable Heather Stefanson, M.L.A., Deputy Premier and Minister of Justice and Attorney General (by video conference);

The Honourable Cliff Cullen, M.L.A., Minister of Growth, Enterprise and Trade (by video conference).

Manitoba Federation of Labour:

Kevin Rebeck, President (by video conference).

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers:

David Chartrand, Quebec Coordinator;

Fred Hospes, President and Directing General Chairperson, District Lodge 140.

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada:

Jim Quick, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec:

Serge Cadieux, General Secretary;

David Chartrand, Vice President.

Air Canada:

Kevin C. Howlett, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Regional Markets;

David Rheault, Director, Government Affairs and Community Relations;

Fitti Lourenco, Director, Government Affairs, Federal Government and Ontario.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Dennis Dawson, Chair

The Honourable Michael L. MacDonald, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Black, Boisvenu, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Doyle, Eggleton, P.C., Greene, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), McCoy, Mercer, Plett, Runciman, 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 Black replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (May 19, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (May 19, 2016).

Transport and Communications