Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable DAVID TKACHUK
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Issue No. 34
First, second and third meetings:
Bill S-245, An Act to declare the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project and related works to be for the general advantage of Canada
Third meeting:
Study on emerging issues related to its mandate and ministerial mandate letters
First meeting:
Pursuant to rule 16-3, report on the reasons for the Senate's insistence on certain amendments to Bill C-49
INCLUDING:
THE ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Report on the reasons for the Senate's insistence on certain amendments to Bill C-49)
THE TWELFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-245)
- Orders of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings, May 1, 2018
- Minutes of Proceedings, May 8, 2018
- Minutes of Proceedings, May 9, 2018
- Eleventh Report of the Committee
- Twelfth Report of the Committee
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 1, 2018
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 8, 2018
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 9, 2018
WITNESSES
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The Honourable Senator Douglas Black, sponsor of the bill.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
As individuals:
Jack Mintz, President's Fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy (by video conference);
Dwight Newman, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law, University of Saskatchewan (by video conference).
C.D. Howe Institute:
Benjamin Dachis, Associate Director of Research.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Squamish Nation, British Columbia:
Chief Ian Campbell (by video conference).
Simpcw First Nation:
Chief Nathan Matthew (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable David Tkachuk, Chair
The Honourable Patricia Bovey, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Dennis Dawson, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Black (Alberta), Boisvenu, *Day (or Mercer), Gagné, Galvez, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), MacDonald, Mercer, Neufeld, Oh, Sinclair, *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 order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Griffin (May 9, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Griffin replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (May 9, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 9, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Griffin (May 9, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (May 8, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Griffin replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (May 8, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Black (Alberta) replaced the Honourable Senator Cormier (May 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Griffin (May 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Griffin replaced the Honourable Senator Boyer (May 1, 2018).
The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (May 1, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (May 1, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 1, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Boyer replaced the Honourable Senator Griffin (April 30, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (April 30, 2018).