Environment committee  It will be very challenging, if not impossible, for the refining sector, in part because of the split between combustion and process emissions, which I mentioned earlier. For one-third of those emissions you can't eliminate and reduce those emissions other than by turning down th

Environment committee  In the refining sector directly, there are about 16,000 employees from coast to coast. We operate refineries from Newfoundland all the way to B.C.

Environment committee  For indirect jobs, that would certainly probably run up into the tens of thousands beyond that.

Environment committee  I can comment from a CPPI perspective. I receive my input and my guidance from my member companies, so I don't directly deal with their unions. To what extent they have included their unions in developing their position, I cannot say.

Environment committee  As we put a price on carbon, I don't think there's any doubt that in the end energy prices will go up. How much will they go up? That's a matter of speculation. I'll refer specifically to the fuel that most of you are familiar with, and that's gasoline. It's impossible to predi

Environment committee  In product sales or emissions?

Environment committee  Our petroleum production today is relatively equivalent to what it was three years ago. We've seen some ups and downs over the last couple of years, particularly as the economic circumstances in the country have changed and with some changes in the overall product mix. Diesel is

Environment committee  That's a good question. Do you want to add to that?

Environment committee  My comments would be essentially the same as Mr. Lloyd's. Certainly we've been in discussion with government over the last number of years. We've seen elements of plans. Some parts of it are out with respect to vehicle emissions requirements, but as Mr. Lloyd has said, and as I s

Environment committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. It's our pleasure to be here this morning to provide a petroleum refining perspective on GHG emissions reduction policy. Let me first say a few words about our organization. CPPI is an association of 11 companies that refine

Finance committee  To respond to your first comment, you're quite right, there's been no new greenfield refinery investment in Canada for some time. In fact, over the last 15 or 20 years, we've seen a significant consolidation in the number of refineries in Canada. You're no doubt aware that there

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  Mr. McKay, I don't think we were saying cancel the subsidies; I think we indicated there's a proper role for subsidies. Our concern is that a subsidy program now may become a permanent program. Our recommendation to the committee is to continue to exercise the due diligence to en

Finance committee  I think that all subsidies need to bear that kind of scrutiny. I'm not an expert on that. I'm not here representing the upstream oil and the oil sands. Our interests reflect directly on the interests of the refineries and the downstream component of the sector. Tony, I think y

Finance committee  Good morning. My name is Peter Boag, and I am president of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute. With me this morning is my colleague, Tony Macerollo, our vice-president of policy and communications. We certainly appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today and t