Finance committee  I am going to answer this with a focus on a long-term strategy, and clearly a metre under the ground, the cost efficiency opportunities and the Canadian leadership around safety in pipelines are second to none in the world. In Canada we will need sustained energy infrastructure

Finance committee  My understanding of the comparators on the transition is that it is true, but I think it's also really important to look at the overall use of energy around the world. Oil sands in terms of production represents 0.15% of global GHG emissions.

Finance committee  Good morning members of the committee, Mr. Chairman. My name is Brenda Kenny. I am president and CEO of Canadian Energy Pipeline Association. We look forward to the opportunity to provide our views on the 2014 budget. As you probably know, we represent all the large transmissi

Natural Resources committee  The use of corridors has been looked at many times, and continues to be. At this point, in terms of specifically electricity, we haven't been speaking directly with our counterparts at the association level, although I just met with Jim Burpee earlier this week on another matter.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, there are a couple of different options going east, a couple of different options going west, from Alberta and, of course, south as well. I think that what you're seeing is the fact that anyone with a commodity is best served by having a variety of folks they can sell to, w

Natural Resources committee  First of all, I think we're at that point where people are saying, “Gee, I never really thought about it before. I guess we have a lot of pipelines. What are these things?” Six years out of sight, out of mind. Accidents are extremely rare so people generally hadn't really thought

Natural Resources committee  Yes. First, the current government in British Columbia has set five conditions, all five of which we believe are achievable. We're working actively on a couple of them, including an initiative on emergency response that the current environment minister, Terry Lake, has launched,

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that's correct.

Natural Resources committee  Are you referring specifically to the recent question with respect to back-up power?

Natural Resources committee  I don't have the specifics on that. It would be best to direct that to the company or the regulator. But I will say that there is a wide range of judgment used in management systems, which is a part of the law. There are many parts of standards that set an absolute minimum, and o

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry, I did not hear my name. I have no visual of you. I can hear, but—

Natural Resources committee  Yes, absolutely. It's critically important.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that's correct for federally regulated pipelines.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. I'm sorry, I thought it was a secondary question to the previous speaker. Of course, we stand by the safety of our systems, and we feel that the track record is second to none in the world. When you look at benchmarking, we have a very strong safety record. Our goal is zero

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. It's wonderful to be here with you this afternoon. I'm sorry that I couldn't be there in person, but it's a pleasure to appear before you and share some of the views of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association on your diversification study. The pipeline i