Natural Resources committee  What's happening, if you look at our market in the States, is that some of those large heavy-oil refineries are no longer receiving supplies from Venezuela and Mexico and those heavy-oil-producing states. That is creating a market for Canadian heavy oil in the south, and that's w

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  The Government of Canada has set its climate change policy, and we will be looking to that policy being enacted....

Natural Resources committee  We will respond to it, but for now, our job, as I said, is to respond to market demand, to produce the energy that is required for Canada, and to create economic well-being for Canadian citizens.

Natural Resources committee  In fact if you look at it I think one of the issues facing us as a nation is the need to ensure that all energy forms are understood and contribute to our long-term energy security. In that regard, we would not be opposed to a strategic energy plan.

Natural Resources committee  First of all, let me take them in order. In terms of cumulative impacts, every regulatory process that has ever gone on for as long as I can remember, going back to the 1970s, has required a cumulative impact assessment as part of the EIA process. That is a fundamental requirem

Natural Resources committee  Canada is an export market and economy. The aspects of that are that we need to export bitumen, because there is not sufficient market demand in Canada. There are also many facilities--

Natural Resources committee  The federal government has been a member of the regional aquatic monitoring program since day one and has influenced its scope and its study since day one. What we have is a paper by Dr. Schindler, which is narrow in terms of time and geography. We have that versus 13 years, 2.5

Natural Resources committee  I think the number one thing is that we need to communicate much more broadly. It's fair to say that while we were developing the technology, while we were making it robust and investable, we did not spend much time talking to our stakeholders, particularly stakeholders beyond Fo

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for having me.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I trust my presentation materials made it here and they're in front of you. I've no intention of going over them in detail. I wanted to give you the highlights. First of all, to introduce Oil Sands Developers Group, we began in 1997. You can see from ou

Environment committee  Before I ask Mr. Mackenzie to give some details, I want to assure the panel that the tailings ponds are carefully engineered structures that are built by highly competent geotechnical and other engineers. They are non-trivial structures. This industry takes tailings ponds very se

Environment committee  I'll start by saying that, as far as my members and I are concerned, RAMP is a credible, competent program. It is operated by competent professionals who are working to the best of their ability. I think if you read that report—I'll let Mr. Kuzmic comment on it—the first block

Environment committee  I'm going to let Mr. Kuzmic go over the membership of RAMP, but I'm going to just explain that membership in RAMP is a requirement of operating approvals. That of course dictates that the industry pays, which is a source of contention, but as you point out, that is what would be

Environment committee  First of all, there are other industries in Alberta beyond the oil sands, and there are many consumers in Alberta. The majority of greenhouse gases across the country come from things like transportation, building use, agricultural use, and the like. I don't have the data in fron