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Finance committee Thank you, Chair. Founded in 1891, the Canadian Electricity Association is the voice of the electricity business in Canada. It is comprised of public and private enterprises and represents the entire electricity value chain, from production to delivery to clients, from coast to
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Finance committee In certain circumstances that may indeed be the case, but if we're looking at trying to develop something that will be large-scale, we are not yet at a point where the technology is commercially viable. If that were the case, we certainly wouldn't be looking for this kind of trea
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Finance committee Well, if we look at the example of some of the specific areas where this would apply, we're talking about regions of the country that rely heavily on thermal resources for their electricity generation. We are talking about investments already in existing plants that are running a
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Finance committee Yes, and thank you very much for the question. The smart grid is on the minds of a lot of people and is certainly attracting a great deal of attention in the media. It has attracted the attention of the Obama administration in the United States. Smart grid is all about how we'r
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Finance committee Absolutely.
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Finance committee Yes, absolutely. For the question as to whether or not it should be financial instruments or commanded patrol, my answer would be that it eventually will be both. What we're talking about here is anticipating that at some point in time there will be indeed regulations, there wi
October 29th, 2009Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee Thank you very much. I'm Francis Bradley, a vice-president at the Canadian Electricity Association. The Canadian Electricity Association is the national voice in matters of electricity in Canada. Across the country, our members provide day-to-day electricity production, transpo
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee As you can see, many issues relate principally to new demographics, the emergence of a new generation and the transformation of Canada’s grid. We understand that you cannot resolve all these issues with a wave of a magic wand. But there is one issue I'd like to bring to your at
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee Yes. I assume that you want me to elaborate. Yes, currently there is—
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee Clearly, we're looking at challenges in the immediate future, that is, in the short- and medium-terms—and of course there are some long-term challenges as well. And there are some very specific job classifications where the problems are particularly acute. Perhaps Michelle, who
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee I'm not familiar with the specific program itself; it clearly is something more directly related to the construction trades. But we have seen similar programming, specifically in the electricity area, and some work that Michelle's organization has done, particularly with respect
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee Yes, I'll comment in terms of the context, and then Michelle can go into some of the specifics. As I mentioned earlier, while we're facing a very significant infrastructure build over the next 20 years, in the order of $300 billion, we as an industry built up our infrastructure
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee I would say that it's really within the last 10 years that in many regions we've hit the wall in terms of our built infrastructure. One of the other pieces we could get into, if we have the time, is all these predictions about what the future's going to look like and what infrast
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee It's also in terms of the success rate.
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley
Human Resources committee I'm afraid to say, sir.
May 16th, 2012Committee meeting
Francis Bradley