Natural Resources committee  Right now there is no propane shipped off of Canadian soil. It's done off of U.S. soil. There are ships that do transport propane into South America and into Asia, and I'm sure our members who are looking at shipping propane offshore are looking at that very issue of how they're

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Two excellent questions. First off, you're right that the price of propane traditionally has tracked crude, up until three years ago. Right now the price of propane to the consumer is more akin to the price of natural gas. It's like anything else. If you wa

Natural Resources committee  I guess you went back to what I said about propane in terms of Williams, who recently announced their new PDH facility in the province of Alberta. The industry sees that, and I know for a fact—it's in print, so I can say this—that the Government of Alberta certainly sees that as

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Lots. How much time do you have? I only have about two minutes left. To start, if you're looking strictly at mining activity, you're looking at a source of heat for a work camp, including fuel for cooking and mine shaft heating that could replace diesel. In terms of the Ring

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Right now it depends on how much you buy. It's like any other commodity in the open market, but propane is about 40% cheaper off the shelf than diesel right now on the market.

Natural Resources committee  The transportation link to that region of Ontario is the big topic of debate between Ottawa and Queen's Park. Is it going to be a road that costs $500 million, or is it going to be rail? Right now, propane is transported both by rail and truck, and if you're looking at taking i

Natural Resources committee  I think first of all you have to consider safety. If you're flying in any fuel, you want to make sure safety's first and paramount. The current Transport Canada guidelines have a ceiling on the types of cylinders that we can fly up. I don't have them right in front of me. I could

Natural Resources committee  They used to say that at minus 42 degrees propane would freeze. With the new vaporizers they now have, it's not a problem anymore.

Natural Resources committee  In terms of the logistics of switching off of diesel and the locations of the communities in northern New Brunswick, the answer is no.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. It's absolutely the same question. I think the western premiers have identified about 300 or so communities across the country that need to switch off the diesel. As someone once said, “logistics win the war”. When you talk about remote communities, logistics become the chal

Natural Resources committee  I wouldn't necessarily say that infrastructure is an issue at all, because in fact infrastructure is actually an advantage for us, because we need it to set up the propane and you don't have to pipe the propane in. You can rail it in, you can truck it in, you can supply a certain

Natural Resources committee  It's not a problem as long as we have access by truck or rail. If we have to truck it in, we can truck it in.

Natural Resources committee  We were actually talking to the B.C. government about those various challenges. Yes, you can barge up propane cylinders if you need to. In some very remote areas, Transport Canada will in fact give you a permit to actually fly up propane, in certain sizes of cylinders. That is pe