Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My comment in that space is coming from the general expectation that as you consolidate the talent base for the review process, you have greater capacity to provide the appropriate reviews that need to be done to assess the environmental and socio-economic implications of these k

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I mentioned earlier, we're in favour of the process transitioning smoothly, if you like, from the federal regime to the guidance and stewardship of the Government of the Northwest Territories. That is important. We don't want to see the transition not go well. We're confiden

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As I mentioned, one of the uncertainties that the north has faced in the past has been the review process, in terms of its timeliness and just exactly how it gets conducted. We think this proposed legislation, which puts together the large board with relationships to the small re

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, we would agree with that. For our industry in particular, as you know, in the central Mackenzie Valley region right now there has been increased interest in exploration. We look forward to this new legislation helping to facilitate and expedite the decision-making processe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would echo that. We view the opportunity for these changes as very positive towards our industry. As you know, the oil and gas industry has had some very protracted efforts around projects in the north in the past, and we've learned a lot from that. I think everyone has learned

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairperson and members of the committee. My name is Bob Bleaney. I'm the vice-president of external relations for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, or CAPP. CAPP represents Canada’s upstream oil and gas sector. Our members find and develop ab

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, I'll pass that one to my colleagues. I know they have some good examples.

Environment committee  Again, I'll probably request that I pass this back to my colleagues. But I do know that there has been some very successful reclamation of late with respect to some of the oil sands mining sites. In particular, I think the Suncor site has had its first reclamation of its first ta

Environment committee  I can kick that off and then I'll probably pass that question to my colleagues in Calgary, who are also very well versed in this subject. I guess one of the key points that comes into effect with SARA, which we're aware of, is that it is very prescriptive in its approach. So it

Environment committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, could I also pass that one to my colleagues in Calgary?

Environment committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Bob Bleaney and l am vice-president, external relations, of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, or CAPP. Joining me today by teleconference from Calgary are Alex Ferguson, vice-president of policy a

Natural Resources committee  I'm afraid I'm not up on the specifics of that particular background, so again I wonder whether Mr.—

Natural Resources committee  I was just going to ask whether Mr. Stringham might be aware of it.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Trost, and Chair. I would like to follow on with the answer I provided to Ms. Liu earlier that relates to your question: larger-scale test grounds or pilot project work needs to be done to move some of these ideas forward to a commercial stage. That's always the d

Natural Resources committee  I'm not particularly familiar with the IRAP program, but I can generally observe that the work done that led up to these changes in the SR and ED treatment came largely from the Jenkins report and the government's review of that. It turned out the Jenkins report really focused o