Elizabeth May on Questions Passed as Orders for Returns

With regard to the Trans Mountain pipeline in British Columbia (BC): (a) in the event of a diluted bitumen tanker spill requiring evacuations, does Transport Canada have guidelines for a response plan that would allow the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) to protect human health in BC; (b) can the federal government confirm the legal, environmental and human health liabilities that will affect the province as a result of the pipeline’s operations; (c) what support is the federal government offering BC to ensure a response plan is in place in the event of a spill; (d) was the federal review of the Trans Mountain pipeline harmonized with the BC EAO's process, specifically in relation to human health and spill response; (e) if the review in (d) was completed, what steps were taken during this process; (f) were the steps in (d) documented and are the results available; and (g) is the federal government aware of the reason the pipeline operations have moved forward, sending diluted bitumen and increased tanker traffic ten-fold, despite the BC government not approving the final environmental certificate on marine response?