Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. You've certainly heard some excellent presentations so far, and I'm sort of in wrap-up mode. Then we'll move to questions. I hope this will be a helpful way to cap it off. I think you're well aware that CEPA represents the large transmission pipeline comp

Finance committee  We need to get more deliberate in Canada in making timely decisions on major investments. The Mackenzie Valley pipeline would be a good example of a second round of a major hearing that took six years and ended up with a decision that trailed the economic window. We are dealing

Finance committee  Well, as you said, we could have a full day on just this, but let me try to be very brief. First of all, Canada lived through politicization of pipeline projects, and it led to the fall of a government in the House of Commons in the 1950s. That resulted in the creation of the Na

Finance committee  Thank you for that question. The Canadian pipeline systems are among the safest in the world, and safer, by far, than other means of moving liquid or gaseous fuel. We also routinely inspect the inside of those pipelines, which is a standard above regulation, to look for any def

Finance committee  Much like the results of the electric vehicle road map, there was also a natural gas vehicle road map completed last year with NRCan, and it could answer a few of your questions on that front.

Finance committee  The results are good news for Canadians. We have a pipeline system here that is among the safest in the world. The statistics over the last 20 years have borne that out. It's very, very safe, whether you measure it per kilometre or total number of major incidents, and the safest

Finance committee  Well, they're similar to what you've all experienced with medical technologies that give you a chance to get an early detection before there's a problem. Those are the sorts of things we apply inside pipelines today, and we do advance maintenance and integrity programs. We have b

Finance committee  In ten seconds, I will say that it would be very good for jobs in Canada and secure ongoing trading. Let's not forget the quantity of revenue derived from that trade for various governments across the country. That's very important.

Finance committee  Ninety percent of the NEB's costs are recovered, so these are costs we're inviting for ourselves, and they're important for safety. In closing, as I mentioned, we are aware of a number of pipeline proposals, on the order of $40 billion. They are there to transport hundreds of bi

Finance committee  Thank you. Good morning. I appreciate this opportunity to present to the committee and to share with you perspectives from the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association. We represent companies that transport 97% of all the oil and natural gas produced and used in Canada. Our members

Environment committee  They're fully taken into account both for the substance and also the investment risk. Frankly, you don't want to be sitting on a $10-billion project having missed a component that could slow you down. But the first driver is have you covered the bases? Do you know what the risks

Environment committee  I'm confident that between the track record, particularly in pipeline.... I mean, these are not rocket science. These projects are relatively routine. We know what we confront on those. We engage people around them and apply the best available science, and we are tested publicly,

Environment committee  I would say it has put us as a nation at a disadvantage, indeed, yes.

Environment committee  I think legislative timelines can be helpful. I think you need to be careful. You need the appropriate length of time for a review. Legislative timelines on permitting after a public determination, absolutely--you know it's in the public interest, let's get on with it. That would

Environment committee  Thank you. I certainly intend to do that for the committee. Thank you.