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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19

Chair: The Honourable DAVID TKACHUK

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Issue No. 51

Eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth 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

WITNESSES

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 (morning)

Coastal First Nations:

Guujaaw, Special Advisor.

Gitxaala Nation:

Clifford White, Elected Chief Councillor and Hereditary Leader;

Doug Brown, Hereditary Leader;

Matthew Hill, Hereditary Leader;

Janet Moody, Hereditary Matriarch.

Allied Tribes of Lax Kw'alaams:

Garry Reece, Hereditary Chief.

Metlakatla First Nation:

Ross Wilson, Stewardship Director.

Kitasoo Xia_Xia First Nation:

Lorna Fraser, Councillor.

Gitga'at First Nation:

Arnold Clifton, Chief Councillor.

As an individual:

Robert Hughes, Commercial Fisherman, Lax Kw'alaams.

Old Massett Village Council:

Donald Edgars, Chief Councillor.

Nuxalk Nation:

Blair Mack, Councillor.

Village of Port Clements:

Teri Kish, Councillor and Deputy Mayor.

Wuikinuxv Nation:

Dan Smith, Tribal Manager.

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 (afternoon)

As an individual:

Alexander Fred Campbell, Hereditary Chief Smooygit Gitxoon.

Lax Kw'alaams Band:

John Helin, Mayor.

As individuals:

Russell Mather, Hereditary Chief Nisawaap;

Jack White, Elder, Lax Kw'alaams;

George Bryant, Gitwilgyoys Tribe.

United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union-Unifor:

Joy Thorkelson, President.

Canadian Natural Resources Limited:

Bill Clapperton, Vice President, Regulatory, Stakeholder and Environmental Affairs.

Coastal Shellfish Corporation:

Michael Uehara, Chief Executive Officer.

Cassiar Cannery:

Justine Crawford, Owner.

Prince Rupert Port Authority:

Ken Veldman, Vice President, Public Affairs and Sustainability.

City of Prince Rupert:

Lee Brain, Mayor.

Government of British Columbia:

The Honourable George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.

As individuals:

Nathan Cullen, Member of Parliament for Skeena-Bulkley Valley;

Jennifer Rice, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for North Coast.

Friends of Wild Salmon:

Modestus Nobels, Chair.

T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation:

Luanne Roth, North Coast Estuary Campaigner.

Haida Gwaii CoASt:

Valine Brown, Co-Founder.

Coastal Emergency Response Working Group:

Chris Sankey, Co-Chair.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 (morning)

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs:

Joel Starlund, Executive Director.

Kitsumkalum Band:

Don Roberts, Chief Councillor.

Haisla Nation:

Crystal Smith, Chief Councillor.

Nisga'a Nation:

Eva Clayton, President.

As an individual:

Gary Alexcee, Hereditary Chief Gingolx, Vice Chair of the B.C. First Nation Council Energy Corridor Group, Eagle Spirit Energy.

Gitsegukla Hereditary Chiefs:

Larry Marsden, Head Chief.

Maple Leaf Adventures:

Kevin Smith, Chief Executive Officer, President, Tourism Association of British Columbia.

Stewart World Port:

Brad Pettit, President and Director.

Resource Works Society:

Stewart Muir, Executive Director.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 (afternoon)

City of Dawson Creek:

Dale Bumstead, Mayor.

As an individual:

Ellis Ross, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Skeena.

City of Fort St. John:

Lori Ackerman, Mayor.

District of Kitimat:

Philip Germuth, Mayor.

Chunih Consulting:

Martin Louie, President.

National Coalition of Chiefs:

Roy Jones Jr., Chief.

Wet'suwet'en Matrilineal Coalition:

Theresa Tait Day, President.

SkeenaWild Conservation Trust:

Greg Knox, Executive Director.

The North Matters:

Steven Simons.

Raincoast Conservation Foundation:

Kyle Artelle, Research Scientist.

Douglas Channel Watch:

Dave Shannon, P. Eng. retired.

HARBO Technologies Ltd.:

Colin Doylend, Senior Advisor (Canada).

International Ship-Owners Alliance of Canada Inc.:

Oscar de Gouveia Pinto, Director.

As an individual:

Stan Bowles, Director, Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia.

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, Patterson, Simons, Smith, *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 orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Smith replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (April 12, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (April 12, 2019).

The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (April 11, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Simons replaced the Honourable Senator Busson (April 11, 2019).

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