Fisheries committee  Mr. Gibson's company is also a member of CEA. His views are entirely consistent with the broad membership of the Canadian Electricity Association. The critical question is this: is the level of protection the same, or not, as prior to 2012? Our membership believes that it is cons

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for inviting the Canadian Electricity Association, or CEA short, to appear before you on this important review of Bill C-69. I am pleased to represent the association this morning, as our CEO, Sergio Marchi, had a prescheduled

Environment committee  In conclusion, the real test of this legislation will be whether good, sustainable projects that are in the interest of Canadians move through the process and get built in a timely fashion. Currently, seven of Canada's 10 largest infrastructure projects are in the electricity se

Environment committee  The member I have with me today is not from Ontario, so he would not be able to speak to the Ontario-specific experience. Terry can certainly talk to his experience within his jurisdiction.

Environment committee  I would just add to Terry's point. Fundamentally, what is it that we're attempting to deliver and we're attempting to drive towards? As a country, we have made very significant commitments to greenhouse gas emission reductions in the 2030 and also in the 2050 time frame. In tha

Environment committee  Perhaps I can begin. Everything we're going to have to do in the future to be able to build out the clean energy future of this country is going to require the sorts of reviews that are envisaged in this legislation. There's no way we're going to be able to meet our clean energy

Environment committee  Maybe, Terry, you can talk to some of the specifics. Of course, we're dealing with this piece of legislation on a separate track, but our overall fundamental concern was that legislation and regulations already exist for the protection of water. It seems as though these changes a

Environment committee  Just to preface it, and Terry can talk about some of the specifics, when you're talking specifically about electricity and about the emphasis on costs and impacts, I would just step back and point out that it was noted earlier that, with Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets,

Environment committee  That is within the context and Terry will—

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the committee for having invited the Canadian Electricity Association to appear before you to discuss this important study on the current and future situation of national energy data in Canada. I am pleased to be joined by Patrick Brown from Hydro

Natural Resources committee  In closing, as it currently exists, Canada's energy information collection system is inefficient. A Canadian energy information agency could streamline data collection, facilitate greater evidence-based decision making by government and industry alike, and increase public energy

Natural Resources committee  That's one of the critical things we would be looking for—this agency or this capacity—to weigh in and balance it to ensure the risk protection of information. Again, it is a balance. There is a limit to what information, and how much information, should be provided. At the same

Natural Resources committee  With respect to CEA's recommendations, we haven't offered an opinion one way or the other. We've suggested that an agency could lean on Statistics Canada as a source for some of the information, or that it could gather information itself. That frankly isn't a concern of ours, so

Natural Resources committee  We have common members.

Natural Resources committee  Sure. It is an interesting dynamic. What it speaks to is the transformations that are already starting to take place in the electricity business. I would liken it to where telecommunications was 20 years ago. Wireline telephone service was a monopoly and it still is today, but g