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, March 19, 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Issue No. 48
Fifth and sixth meetings:
Bill C-48, An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil to or from ports or marine installations located along British Columbia's north coast
APPEARING
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The Honourable Marc Garneau, P.C., M.P., Minister of Transport.
WITNESSES
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Heiltsuk Tribal Council:
Marilyn Slett, Káwázil Chief.
Council of the Haida Nation:
Jason Alsop, President.
Environment and Climate Change Canada:
Kevin J. Cash, Director General, Water Science and Technology;
Carl Brown, Manager, Water Science and Technology.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada:
Julie Gascon, Director General, Operations, Canadian Coast Guard;
Brian Wootton, Regional Director, Programs, Canadian Coast Guard, Pacific Region;
Carmel Lowe, Regional Director, Science, Pacific Region.
Natural Resources Canada:
Heather D. Dettman, Research Scientist (by video conference).
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Transport Canada:
Lawrence Hanson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy;
Marc-Yves Bertin, Director General, Marine Policy.
Aboriginal Equity Partners:
Bruce Dumont, Member of the Steward Group for the Northern Gateway Project, Former President of the Métis Nation British Columbia;
Dale Swampy, Coordinator.
Indian Resource Council of Canada:
Delbert Wapass, Board Member, Indian Oil and Gas;
Stephen Buffalo, President and Chief Executive Officer.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable David Tkachuk, Chair
The Honourable Dennis Dawson, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Julie Miville-Dechêne, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Boisvenu, Cormier, Dasko, *Day (or Mercer), Gagné, Galvez, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), MacDonald, Manning, Plett, 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 Order of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (March 20, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (March 19, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (February 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (February 28, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Cormier replaced the Honourable Senator Griffin (February 28, 2019).