Madam Chair, we're still in part 1 of the second part of this bill. The mandate for the Canadian energy regulator is being set out in bullet form.
With this amendment, I am suggesting an insertion, proposed paragraph (d.1), such that the mandate of the Canadian energy regulator include:
(d.1) ensuring that decisions, orders, and recommendations referred to in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) respect the Government of Canada's environmental obligations, its commitments in respect of climate change, and the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada as recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and by the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
It's an extremely helpful subset of the kind of framework for decision-making that our energy regulator should have in the 21st century, in that it's mindful of indigenous rights, mindful of environmental obligations of the Government of Canada, and mindful particularly of its climate obligations.