Transport committee  I apologize; I didn't hear the question.

Transport committee  You mean the opt-in or opt-out?

Transport committee  I think the scheduling piece provides the opportunity to be able to identify, if a water body does come up...to be either opting into the process or opting out. That's a decision that can be brought forward at the time, and the legislation accommodates for that.

Transport committee  I think the provision to add water bodies is again in the legislation. I think that provision can be enacted to add water bodies, if it's deemed necessary, and there's a process and there will be principles that apply to that. I think it's on a case-by-case basis, and I think tha

Transport committee  Maybe I misspoke. I didn't say that the modernization.... I think with CEAA 2012.... That was a step forward.

Transport committee  Well, I think the Navigation Protection Act covers the whole aspect of what we're talking about here in terms of energy east or any other new project. I think the NEB...there is a process under way now to have...there is a panel around energy modernization, and those discussions

Transport committee  Are you asking if the pipeline company leaves stuff in the waterway?

Transport committee  Under the NEB, there's a leave to construct, and then there's a leave to operate. Once the pipeline is constructed, the NEB will review everything. If that's not taken care of, they won't be able to operate the pipeline or start it up. There is a very strict process for dealing w

Transport committee  I would echo those comments. I would say that the principles that underlie the objectives of CEAA 2012, and certainly the changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act, of certainty, clarity, and reducing duplication in the process are still valid today. While nothing is perfect

Transport committee  I think we are now in a process wherein we have an NEB modernization review, a review of CEAA, fisheries, and navigation. Those processes are under way right now. We're obviously going to participate in those things. As I said before, we're going to reinforce in our views that th

Transport committee  I think the whole purpose of making the change was to make it less cumbersome, put it in a place where you had the technical capability within the NEB, to make sure that the process was not creating redundancies in evaluations, and so on. As I said, before, the transportation boa

Transport committee  I think we have to put the pipeline piece into context. There is the project approval piece. A lot of discussions are happening around that right now, obviously. Then there's the life cycle aspect of it. The NEB, having the environmental reviews within the regulator, has the tech

Transport committee  Thank you. The move to the NEB, as I said in my statement, was basically.... Before, the transportation board would opine on navigation aspects after the NEB; now, it's incorporated in the whole process, and the navigation piece is taken as seriously with the NEB, as probably t

Transport committee  Do you mean the absolute number of the pipeline crossings? Well, there are probably hundreds if not thousands of different water crossings and so on. Different techniques are used for each crossing, depending on the size. Directional drilling is a key thing, whereby we don't affe

Transport committee  Of course. In this case we're talking about navigation. The pipeline industry is regulated under CEAA. It's continually inspected and managed. This in no way affects the protection or future impacts on the waterways, as it falls within the other environmental legislation.