Natural Resources committee  I will not subscribe to the “go on forever” part of your questions. I'd say it's situational. I don't think I can provide you with the grosso modo perspective. The Northern Gateway panel in fact is an independent panel, combining NEB and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Ag

Natural Resources committee  No, that has more to do with the extent to which an intervenor is supported financially. How long a process takes is always based on an independent decision of the panel hearing the case. Three members designated by the board will decide how much public concern there is, what pa

Natural Resources committee  I'd say so. I'd say in our jurisdiction, honourable member, I don't know if we've been lucky or if the NEB Act is well structured, but we seldom come across a case where a province and the NEB would conduct an environmental assessment separately. The record, so far, shows that w

Natural Resources committee  I'll let Mr. Smyth supplement my answer. I'll be brief and I'll have him give you more specific numbers. For the pipeline, you have the right to have the pipeline occupy the land of the landowner. You don't need to own it, but you must pay for the right of being on the right-of

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. For the original pipeline, it would have been something sorted out at the time the first pipeline was proposed and certified with the board, with all the protocol that was described to you of negotiating a location and compensation. If there is a pipeline twinning pr

Natural Resources committee  To the extent that it's a legal question we'll refrain from answering it. But for the purpose of an NEB Act pipeline being certified, if the Governor in Council approves a recommendation in a report to certify a pipeline, the pipeline is a necessity in the public convenience and

Natural Resources committee  I don't know that I could speculate on that. I don't know the exact process that one would follow. I do know both the crown and the companies, and we have responsibilities to consult and engage and listen to aboriginal peoples before anything is done.

Natural Resources committee  I did not say that, because a better answer would be I don't know if it is a legal question.

Natural Resources committee  I know we have the final say whether we will recommend that a certificate be issued or not.

Natural Resources committee  If the certificate is approved by the Governor in Council, that's the law of the land.

Natural Resources committee  What I can do is go through the process that would happen if it ever occurred. It has not happened in recent memory. I cannot cite an example for you of when it happened. Typically landowners, if they have participated in the certificate phase when it is a general route, will h

Natural Resources committee  Honourable member, that's an excellent point. If the application were only about reversing the flow, we'd have to find a way to have questions about it, but the fact is that Enbridge applied under section 58 of the National Energy Board Act because there are some facilities bei

Natural Resources committee  That's right. There are some valves and fittings, and they are all within company property lines. There's no new right of way, but the farmers and the landowners have expressed concern to us about this thing that they call “reversal”, which also has some hardware to be proposed.

Natural Resources committee  The existence of the content of a policy, you'll remember, is something over which we cannot have an opinion. Our job is to administer policy through the legislation. If there were a change in energy policy or strategy in Canada, it would become one more of these things that ar

Natural Resources committee  Normally it's a good case study to speak briefly about. I'd like to correct a fact. The application by Enbridge called “Line 9 Reversal, Phase I Project” was August 8, 2011.