Natural Resources committee  Thank you. It's an excellent question. I'll note initially that this sort of evidence will generally be heard by an independent panel of the board, in the context of a specific project. That's a very key element of how the National Energy Board would handle that. I'll note also

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. I would note that we've learned, in about the last 10 years since the National Energy Board started having oral traditional evidence sessions with elders and knowledge keepers, often early in our hearings, and accommodating a variety of cultural protocols an

Environment committee  In the area where the board makes recommendations to GIC on new projects, particularly major projects, the NEB's job is essentially to advise GIC whether a project can be built safely in a way that protects the environment and whether the project will be used and useful. That is

Environment committee  When panels of the board are scoping their issues for reviewing major projects, and also for the environmental assessment, they use the legislation that we've been given and the mandate of the board, and they make decisions on that. Part of the environmental assessment is decidin

Environment committee  Each project is based on the facts before the panel, and that's—

Environment committee  Do you mean upstream greenhouse gas emissions?

Environment committee  The board found that they were not directly related to the project they were assessing in that there were multiple sources and multiple transportation options. Those are the kinds of things that have to be relevant to a cut-off point.

Environment committee  Thank you very much for that question. I think I'd start by saying that environmental protection and safety are pretty much hardwired into our processes. As you know, the National Energy Board conducts environmental assessments that are fully compliant with the Canadian Environm

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. Just very generally, our ability to attract engineers is very strong at the junior and intermediate levels. The market is such that it's a little harder for us to recruit them at the senior levels, but we've found ways around that. We find senior folks who may have re

Natural Resources committee  Not necessarily. They may not come in on contract. They may compete or be hired as a regular employee.

Natural Resources committee  It would be normal for the board to publish the result of any safety investigation and certainly all the large ones that have been done. The Transportation Safety Board has the first right of refusal to investigate, and if they don't, then we do. Smaller ones might be aggregated

Natural Resources committee  The National Energy Board, through its management system audits, would dig into those and ensure that they are done and that they are addressing the issues that need to be addressed. We will look at the qualifications of their inspectors. We look at that very carefully.

Natural Resources committee  Not typically—we would be investigating the files in their office.

Natural Resources committee  The National Energy Board has inspectors out on these projects as well—

Natural Resources committee  —inspecting the inspectors.