Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996-97

Chairman: The Honourable RON GHITTER

Wednesday, October 2, 1996
Thursday, October 22, 1996
Wednesday, November 27, 1996
Tuesday, December 10, 1996
Tuesday, February 4, 1997 (8:00 a.m.)

Issue No. 5

Future Business of the Committee and First meeting on: Bill C-29, An Act to regulate interprovincial trade in and the importation for commercial purposes of certain manganese-based substances

INCLUDING: FOURTH AND FIFTH REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, October 2, 1996

Mark Nantais, President, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers' Association;

Don McArthur, President, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada;

Ron Bright, Ford Motor Company of Canada;

Glenn Bryksaw, Honda Canada Inc.

Tuesday, October 22, 1996

Department of Foreign Affairs:

J. Reid Henry, Deputy Director, U.S. Trans-Boundary Division.

Natural Resources Canada:

Bruce Aikens, Regulatory Advisor, Natural Gas Division;

John Foran, Economist, Natural Gas Division.

Canadian Electricity Association:

Hans Konow, President and CEO, Canadian Electricity Association;

Rod Taylor, Vice President, Corporate Strategic and Sustainable Development, Ontario Hydro;

Michel Marcouiller, chargé de programme, Relations gouvernementales, Hydro-Québec;

Ken Adams, Division Manager, Power Planning and Operations, Manitoba Hydro;

Yakout Mansour, Manager, Grid Operations and Interutility Affairs, BC Hydro.

Tuesday, February 4, 1997

Environment Canada:

H.A. (Tony) Clark, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment Protection Service;

Frank Vena, Chief, Transportation System Division, Air Pollution Prevention Directorate;

Ellen Fry, General Counsel, Legal Services.

Canadian Petroleum Products Institute:

Alain Perez, President.

Imperial Oil Limited:

Brian Fischer, Senior Vice-President, Products and Chemicals.

Petro Canada:

Jim Pantelidis, Executive Vice-President.

Shell Canada Products Limited:

Robert Routs, President.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Ron Ghitter, Chairman

The Honourable Colin Kenny, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Adams, Buchanan, Carney, P.C., Carstairs, Cochrane, *Fairbairn, P.C. (or Graham), Hays, *Lynch-Staunton (or Berntson), Rompkey, P.C., Spivak, Taylor, Whelan, P.C.

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in Membership of the Committee:

Pursuant to Rule 85(4), membership of the Committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Whelan substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Marchand (February 3, 1996).

The name of the Honourable Senator Carstairs substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kirby (February 3, 1996).