Natural Resources Committee on Dec. 2nd, 2013

Evidence of meeting #8 for Natural Resources in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendments.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other measures

MPs speaking

Leon Benoit
Linda Duncan
Kelly Block
Ryan Cleary
Geoff Regan
Mike Allen
Joan Crockatt
Bradley Trost
Peter Julian

Also speaking

Jeff Labonté  Director General, Energy Safety and Security Branch, Department of Natural Resources
Anne-Marie Fortin  Counsel, Department of Natural Resources
Brenda Baxter  Director General, Workplace Directorate, Labour Program, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
Scott Tessier  Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board
Stuart Pinks  Chief Executive Officer, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board

5:30 p.m.

NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

I'm disappointed that neither board chose to bring any of their occupational health and safety officers here. I had a whole series of questions I wanted to ask about the delivery of their responsibilities. I would like to make the request that we add them into another panel, at least one officer from each of the two boards. They're the key officers under this legislation, and we haven't had a chance to ask them directly about how this is going to improve or vary the delivery of the responsibilities. I think that's pretty important.

5:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit

Okay. I've heard your request.

The time being up for this meeting, I want to thank our witnesses: Mr. Scott Tessier, chair and chief executive officer of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, along with Ms. Gover; and Stuart Pinks, chief executive officer of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board. Thank you very much for helping us get good background information on which to start our study.

We will continue the study over the next three meetings.

The meeting is adjourned.