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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16

Chair: The Honourable DENNIS DAWSON

Monday, October 17, 2016 (morning)
Monday, October 17, 2016 (afternoon)
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (morning)
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (afternoon)
Friday, October 21, 2016 (morning)
Friday, October 21, 2016 (afternoon)

Issue No. 7

Twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth 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

WITNESSES

Monday, October 17, 2016 (morning)

Quebec Employers Council's:

Yves-Thomas Dorval, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Shipping Federation of Canada:

Sonia Simard, Director, Legislative and Environmental Affairs.

Association des propriétaires de machinerie lourde du Québec:

Yvan Grenier, Director General;

Jean-Yves Gauthier, Vice President.

Monday, October 17, 2016 (afternoon)

Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec:

David Laureti, Director, Strategy and Economic Affairs;

Stéphane Forget, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal:

Michel Leblanc, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Michelle LLambias Meunier, Director, Corporate Affairs and Community Relations.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (morning)

New Brunswick Energy and Resource Development:

Bill Breckenridge, Assistant Deputy Minister;

Holly Stewart, Project Executive;

Sacha Patino, Senior Advisor;

Bruce Fitch, Member of the Legislative Assembly (Riverview), Interim Leader of the Opposition, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick;

Greg Lutes, Chief of Staff, Office of the Official Opposition, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 (afternoon)

Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce:

Dick Daigle, Chairman;

David Duplisea, Chief Executive Officer.

Conservation Council of New Brunswick:

Lois Corbett, Executive Director;

Matt Abbott, Marine Program Coordinator.

Maliseet Grand Council:

Ron Tremblay, Grand Chief of Wolastoq;

Alma Brooks.

TransCanada:

Patrick Lacroix, Manager, Stakeholder Relations New Brunswick, Energy East;

Christian Matossian, Manager, Indigenous Relations, Energy East.

Friday, October 21, 2016 (morning)

Assembly of First Nations:

Regional Chief Morley Googoo, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office:

Twila Gaudet, Consultation Liaison Officer, Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative;

Melissa Nevin, Consultation Researcher, Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative.

Sipekne'katik:

James Michael, Solicitor;

Jennifer Copage, Consultation Coordinator.

Atlantic Pilotage Authority Canada:

Captain Sean Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer.

Friday, October 21, 2016 (afternoon)

The Honourable Jamie Baillie, Member of the Legislative Assembly (Cumberland South), Leader of the Opposition, Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia.

Ecology Action Centre:

Stephen Thomas, Energy Campaign Coordinator.

Nova Scotia Department of Energy:

The Honourable Michel P. Samson, Minister of Energy;

Kim Himmelman, Director, Regulatory and Strategic Policy;

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 Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (October 20, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (October 17, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (October 17, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Smith replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (October 14, 2016).

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