Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, for the opportunity today. I am Timothy Egan, president of the Canadian Gas Association. I have with me my colleague, Alicia Milner, president of the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance. One of our asks is in respect to t

Finance committee  I have 30 seconds for a response. I'm sorry, I prefer to answer in English, if I may. Is it essential to push for shale gas exploration? We're on the downstream side of the equation, not on the upstream. I think markets will decide where exploration and development is going to

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I think you're referring to a combined heat and power initiative that's under way with the Saskatchewan Research Council. One of my member companies is SaskEnergy, and they're one of the key funders of that initiative. Another company, SaskPower, the

Finance committee  Sure. With the chair's approval, I'm going to defer to my colleague, Alicia Milner, on this question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My name is Timothy Egan. I'm president of the Canadian Gas Association.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I've never worked for a Conservative MP or minister; I have made contributions to the Conservative Party.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I describe our relationship as professional but friendly. We would meet occasionally for lunch. I don't know his spouse. He doesn't know mine. I've never been to his house, he's never been to mine. But I would describe him as a friend, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I'd like to point out that I didn't solicit, receive, or read the draft report.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I didn't receive the document in question. And in terms of friendship, does one assume that it will lead to the exchange of confidential information? No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ullyatt knew I was presenting to the committee. Mr. Ullyatt had asked me what relevance my presentation would have to the province of Saskatchewan, and particularly to the interest of his member of Parliament from Saskatchewan. I gave him several relevant points

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, I'm not sure what “log-rolling” means, but Mr. Ullyatt had asked me specifically what relevance my presentation had to Saskatchewan interests. I responded to that. The particular question that Ms. Block asked very much reflects the conversations that Mr. Ullyatt and

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I didn't solicit, receive, or read the report. I had no idea that an attempted sending to me of a privileged document had occurred. Therefore, there would be no reason for me to contact Ms. Block.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Ullyatt and I had spoken about his career prospects, and he sought my advice on same. I advised him I had no position to offer him. I do not believe the Canadian Gas Association will be offering him a position of any kind.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I am. I have—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, it is.