Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12
Chair: The Honourable RICHARD NEUFELD
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Issue No. 30
First meeting on:
The subject-matter of those elements contained in Divisions 4, 18 and 21 of Part 4 of Bill C-45, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures
WITNESSES
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency:
John McCauley, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Division;
Steve Mongrain, Senior Policy Advisor, Policy Development Sector.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada:
Kevin Stringer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Oceans Science Sector;
Jeff MacDonald, Director General, Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs.
Transport Canada:
Nathan Gorall, Director General, Navigable Waters Protection Task Force;
Ekaterina Ohandjanian, Legal Counsel.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Richard Neufeld, Chair
The Honourable Grant Mitchell, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Baker, P.C., Brown, *Cowan (or Tardif), Johnson, Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Massicotte, Patterson, Ringuette, Seidman, Sibbeston.Wallace
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Ringuette was added to the membership of the committee (October 31, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Peterson retired and was removed from the membership of the committee, replacement pending (October 19, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (October 4, 2012).