Our government committed to implementing this open, fair, inclusive and transparent process to guide its decisions regarding large energy projects. To respect this commitment made during the election campaign, I have set up an expert panel tasked with reviewing the structure, role and mandate of the National Energy Board. The committee will be providing me with its report in early 2017.
The numbers always get me. I'm getting better with the language, but the numbers are tougher.
Our government is committed to an open, fair, inclusive, and transparent process for decisions on major energy projects.
We did appoint an expert panel of five, and may I say that two are former indigenous chiefs, leaders, within Saskatchewan and British Columbia. One person from Alberta has deep experience with the National Energy Board—it's never a bad idea to appoint someone with direct experience on regulatory issues—and two others have a broad and deep set of experiences. In combination, the five, I think, will give government very good advice. I would like to remind members of the committee that this is one of four separate inquiries; two from expert panels and one that I have appointed...
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