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Environment committee Let's put it this way, there are two aspects to look at. One is that the potential capital investment in the transmission pipeline industry is around $170 billion, when you look at the various projects that have been proposed and the potential. When you trickle that down to local communities and the trades and so on, it's a pretty big economic impact.
March 28th, 2018Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Environment committee Thank you very much for the opportunity to present to this committee. This point in time represents the culmination of a long process of consultation, of input and so on, and a process that CEPA, the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association.... It also represents 97% of the volume moved from production in Canada into the U.S.
March 28th, 2018Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee The industry does emergency response exercises. They have the resources. The government has put in place additional resources, and that's going to be taken care of.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee Yes.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee I think there is a need to go back and do more consulting, more science, and more evaluation of what this really means and what the implications are. I think there's not a consensus around whether or not the folks in northern B.C. should have access to tidewater to produce resources and so on.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee In terms of the maritime movement of oil cargo and so on, there are international standards and there are processes. Canada abides by them. The international shipping coordinators and regulatory bodies have those regulations in place. There are thousands of vessels all over the world moving in and out of ports, moving hydrocarbon and oil on water all over the planet, so Canada will fit within that framework, and as we usually do, we'll be the best at it.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee It's incumbent upon the shippers, the pipelines, to have emergency response plans in place. There are two things. There is a requirement for the companies to have the financial resources to be prepared and be able to cover anticipated or possible emergencies. There is mutual aid amongst the industry.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee There is one more nine.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee It's calculated based on the actual volume. Annually, there are about 1.2 billion barrels of oil shipped, and about five and a half trillion cubic feet of gas. That's what the numbers are based on.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee The most recent was in 2010, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was in the billions-of-dollars range, but it was cleaned up. It's back to its original state.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee I think it's a matter of economics and markets. I think the cost to refine in Canada to be competitive and have those products delivered to the relevant markets is.... You just mentioned that three refineries were taken out of Burnaby. There was refining in the past, and there's less refining now because of the economics.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Transport committee Good afternoon. Thanks very much for the opportunity to speak with you today. I'm Chris Bloomer, president and CEO of CEPA, the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association. We represent Canada's 11 major transmission pipeline companies. We transport 97% of Canada's natural gas and crude oil production.
October 26th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Finance committee Well, I don't know about the subsidy part, but I know that ongoing development, certainly in Montney, Duvernay, northeast B.C., and so on, will lay the groundwork for the long-term ability to bring infrastructure up to the north. This is a long-term game. One thing that we would like to see Canada commit to is that this is the business we're in.
October 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer
Finance committee That is correct. As an association, when that first came out, our statement was exactly as you have outlined, that it was outside their purview.
October 6th, 2017Committee meeting
Chris Bloomer