Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Firstly, I think that for many folks in the public, pipelines have been out of sight and out of mind for so long that they have never really understood the scale of them, and that's our fault. They've also been subjected to some terrible myths, one of which is the diluted bitum

Natural Resources committee  We are working on getting clarity on that number. We have initiated case studies that are telling us the numbers are pretty good. The numbers are available through regulators who oversee any and all cleanup, even in a large incident such as the one in Michigan, outside of Canadia

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for that. First of all, just as a point of clarification, certainly the number of reported incidents over time have, in some cases, gone up. These do not all represent oil spills. The vast majority of them are within contained property and many of them are equally gas

Natural Resources committee  I would say that I've not heard of people looking seriously at double walled. That's a suggestion that is put out there without a clear understanding of what the actual safety risks are. As far as retirements are concerned, the aggressive use of management systems and those inte

Natural Resources committee  That's a great question. Yes, when it comes to emergency response you need to be very clear about where it is happening. Is it on land, is it on water, what type of water, what type of land? There are technologies well suited to each type. I can tell you that for the large tr

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much for having me here today. It's a pleasure to appear before you. For those of you who are not familiar with the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, we represent all of the major transmission pipeline companies in Canada. Together every day they ship more th

Environment committee  That's fine. We have the same response.

Environment committee  Let me lead off on that. My own view is that when we back up and look at the regulatory reform objectives here, I think that at the core level it is not correct to paint our objectives as polarized. Everybody wants to see effective environmental protection for Canadians, appropri

Environment committee  Yes, that is correct.

Environment committee  I served on their board for several years. That's correct.

Environment committee  Yes, I have.

Environment committee  That is correct.

Environment committee  That is correct.

Environment committee  Yes, that is correct.