THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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[English]

Pursuant to the order of the Senate of March 31, 2022, the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications met this day in room B45, Senate of Canada Building, and with videoconference, at 6:30 p.m. ET, the deputy chair, the Honourable Julie Miville-Dechêne, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne (1).

Members of the committee present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Busson, Cormier, Dawson, Forest, Klyne, Manning, Quinn, Simons and Sorensen (9).

Participating in the meeting: Martine Willox, LegislativeClerk and Brigitte Martineau, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Khamla Heminthavong and Jed Chong, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, February 10, 2022, the committee continued its study on the impacts of climate change on critical infrastructure in the transportation and communications sectors and the consequential impacts on their interdependencies.

WITNESSES (by videoconference):

Federation of Canadian Municipalities:

Matt Gemmel, Director, Policy and Research.

Canadian Construction Association:

Mary Van Buren, President.

Engineers Canada:

Gerard McDonald, Chief Executive Officer.

Matt Gemmel made a statement and answered questions.

At 7:30 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 7:31 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mary Van Buren and Gerard McDonald each made a statement and answered questions.

At 8:14 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Vincent Labrosse

Clerk of the Committee