Safe and Accountable Rail Act  , the minister clearly stated in committee that she was confident, and “we do have the ability to ensure that the polluter pays and that taxpayers don't have to incur costs”. The minister confirmed to committee members that where a crude oil accident was the result of an act of terrorism

Pipeline Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, as we maintain public confidence in this through the polluter pay principle, which is clearly important to all Canadian citizens, we are also introducing concrete measures to enhance pipeline safety under the pillars of prevention, preparedness and response

Pipeline Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not disagree that social licence is an important part of what we do in our responsible resource development regime. It is important to understand that part of this legislation imbeds some of those very fundamental pieces. The polluter pays principle is very

Pipeline Safety Act   the polluter pay principle in law. It holds companies absolutely liable for any incidents, regardless of who is at fault, or regardless of negligence. It would ensure that companies have the financial resources to respond to incidents. It would give the National Energy Board the authority

Natural Resources committee  , response, and world-class liability based on the polluter pays principle are the bedrock of moving forward on any options for export of Canadian crude.

Natural Resources committee   and the National Energy Board's important work, to compliance for profound safety reasons around marine, rail, and pipelines that give and meet that public confidence test around safety prevention preparedness response and world-class liabilities, based on the polluter pays principle.

Pipeline Safety Act   to the third pillar: enshrining the polluter pays principle in law. We fundamentally believe that polluters, and not Canadian taxpayers, should be held financially responsible for any costs associated with an incident, responsible whether the polluters are at fault or not. For companies

The Environment   in a polluter pay principle to ensure that spills can be dealt with in an effective manner. We have expanded the national aerial surveillance program by 55% to ensure that we have a watchful eye on tankers moving through Canadian waters. We are adopting area response plans. These are real

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Speaker, we will be supporting this amendment. Our government has consistently indicated that we will pursue companies to make them pay in the case of a spill. Bill C-46 seeks to codify the polluter pays principle into law to ensure that all companies operating pipelines

Transport committee   happening: preventing derailments from happening, and mitigating, should a derailment happen, to ensure the cleanup can be done quickly, with the third principle being that the polluter pays. That's been the focus for us since then. This is part of it. Part of it is the lowering

Transport committee   that: to make sure that we set it at a level that is between the 91st and the 99th percentile, which is a good analysis. From there, we do have the ability to ensure that the polluter pays and that taxpayers are not on the hook.

Transport committee  Sure. As we indicated, the objective of our reviewing of the liability and compensation regime first was to make sure that we have “polluter pay”. That's where we started with this whole piece. We also wanted to make sure that there would be adequate resources available

Business of Supply   government believes in and strongly supports the polluter pays principle and that taxpayers are not going to be on the hook for this marine response operation. The owners of the Marathassa were responsible to take action to mitigate any damage caused by their ship, and they will be held

Business of Supply   Canada's regulatory regime, the Marine Liability Act requires vessels to have insurance to cover pollution damage arising from an oil spill. In Canada, our liability and compensation regime for ship-source oil spills is based on the polluter pay principle. This means that the polluter

Business of Supply   marine safety through the addition of improved technology. Suggestions otherwise are simply ill-informed. I encourage opposition members to focus their attention instead on our government's support of the polluter pays principle, which requires the polluter to pay the full cost