Fisheries committee  Proposed section 43 has to do with regulations and the ability to cancel, with any kind of intervention, an authorization or a permit that's already in place. It seems in this proposed legislation that, at any time, somebody could step in and intervene. The authorization or the p

Fisheries committee  We're afraid of what could happen. There are lots of things in the proposed legislation that deserve clarity, and this is one of them. It's a pretty open-ended ability to intervene. Once something is approved, it becomes “unapproved”, let's say, because of an intervention. That's

Fisheries committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you for the opportunity to provide additional comments on this bill. I represent the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association. I have some quick comments. Over the last two years, CEPA has committed fully to participating in consultations, discussion

Environment committee  Thank you very much for the question. You know, in the pipeline industry, performance in safety is number one. For the technologies that go into monitoring pipelines and constructing pipelines, emergency planning and management are at the forefront. A lot of work goes into evalu

Environment committee  At this moment, we have a huge undercapacity of pipelines until we get these new pipelines built and operating. We have increased production forecast in the oil sands, and we have increased—

Environment committee  No, these are projects that have been on the books and are coming on stream now.

Environment committee  The other part of it is that there will still be an imbalance in pipeline capacity going forward. We will need new pipelines. It's not just new pipelines. We need new markets. We have to be able to extract the best value for our resources. As I said it in my comments, the other

Environment committee  As we've said in our statements and so on, this bill does impact the certainty of being able to get new projects put forward and developed.

Environment committee  You know, the past is prologue in a way. If you look at the projects—Kinder Morgan, for instance—if somebody was going to look at doing that today, investing that kind of money in the face of the uncertainty around how that process is going to go and the definition of how the eng

Environment committee  I didn't hear all of the question.

Environment committee  Again, CEAA 2012 was intended to improve a process that was from 2008, I believe, to move forward, but it didn't really solve the existential problems of getting projects approved and the clarity. We work within that process. A lot of events.... Let's just be clear. Through this

Environment committee  Thank you. It's a good question. The perspective is that on the Kinder Morgan, Line 3, and so on, those pipelines were already in process for a number of years and were based on the previous regulatory review process. The interim piece was put on there, there was additional cons

Environment committee  I'd have to echo that comment. We're not saying that climate, indigenous reconciliation, participation, all the factors that are under consideration...and the industry has always worked to engage and to make sure we meet the highest standards in all those areas, but investment is

Environment committee  Well, as we said in our statement, we don't see how Bill C-69 is going to lead to major new projects being proposed and developed in Canada.

Environment committee  My mother always said, “Never say never”, but in the current environment we can't see how one is going to be proposed.