Environment Committee on March 1st, 2018

Evidence of meeting #97 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was board.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Supplementary Estimates (C), 2017-18: Vote 1c under Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Votes 7c and 10c under Department of the Environment and Vote 1c under Parks Canada Agency

Interim Estimates 2018-19: Vote number 1 under Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Votes 1, 5 and 10 under Department of the Environment and Votes 1 and 5 under Parks Canada Agency

Bill C-374

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Norman Shields Manager, Heritage Designations, Parks Canada Agency

Karen L. Pearce Legal Counsel, Parks Canada Agency

Rachel Grasham Director Policy, Legislative and Cabinet Affairs, Parks Canada Agency

Alan Kerr Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Sylvain Michaud Chief Financial Officer, Parks Canada Agency

Douglas McConnachie Director General and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Financial Management Directorate, Department of the Environment

Sue Milburn-Hopwood Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment

Matt Jones Assistant Deputy Minister, Pan-Canadian Framework Implementation Office , Department of the Environment

John Moffet Acting Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Branch, Department of the Environment

Rob Prosper Vice-President, Protected Areas Establishment and Conservation, Parks Canada Agency

1:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

1:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

It is agreed.

Next we have the interim estimates.

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY

Vote 1—Program expenditures..........$15,116,160

(Vote 1 agreed to on division)

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Vote 1—Operating expenditures..........$188,154,737

Vote 5—Capital expenditures..........$19,039,506

Vote 10—Grants and contributions..........$150,160,323

(Votes 1, 5, and 10 agreed to on division)

PARKS CANADA AGENCY

Vote 1—Program expenditures..........$318,934,529

Vote 5—Amounts credited to the New Parks and Historic Sites account.........$2,251,750

(Votes 1 and 5 agreed to on division)

I think I could have guessed that.

Shall I report the interim estimates 2018-19 to the House?

1:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed, on division.

March 1st, 2018 / 1:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Before we leave the room...wait. Wait. You're not scaring anybody; just let me finish this up.

Thank you very much to our guests. I'm just going to carry on into what we're going to do. I want to make sure that when we come back...wait. Wait.

I'm sorry. You guys are fine to leave; the committee is not fine. They just have to listen for a minute.

It is very likely that we will be getting Bill C-69 very soon. I want to make sure that the committee is as prepared as we can be; I want to make sure everybody is okay.

I would like to let the universe know that it's likely going to come to the committee and I'd like to call for submissions. I want to make sure everybody is okay with our putting out a call for submissions.

We've already been polling for your witnesses. Some of you have sent them; not everybody has. We will get the witnesses as fast as possible so that we can put out a list to all of you, which we can then work on in the first week we're back.

1:10 p.m.

An hon. member

That's perfect. Well done, Chair.

1:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Okay, thank you very much. Well done, everybody.

The meeting is adjourned.