Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable ROSA GALVEZ
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Issue No. 37
First and second (final) meetings:
Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act
INCLUDING:
THE TWELFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-17)
APPEARING
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, P.C., M.P., Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
WITNESSES
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada:
Steven Van Dine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs;
Gilles Binda, Acting Director, Natural Resources and Environment Branch.
Department of Justice Canada:
Daniel Pagowski, Legal Counsel.
Council of Yukon First Nations:
Peter Johnston, Grand Chief (by video conference).
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations:
Steve Smith, Chief (by video conference);
Dave Joe, Legal Counsel (by video conference).
Teslin Tlingit Council:
Richard Sidney, Chief (by video conference);
Duane Gastant' Aucoin, Yanyedi Counsel, (by video conference);
Stephen Phillips, Legal Counsel, (by video conference).
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Government of Yukon:
The Honourable Ranj Pillai, MLA, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Economic Development (by video conference);
Lindsay DeHart, Director of Major Projects Yukon, Executive Council Office (by video conference).
Alexco Resource Corp.:
Brad Thrall, President (by video conference).
Klondike Placer Miners' Association:
Mike McDougall, President (by video conference);
Jonas Smith, Executive Director (by video conference).
Yukon Chamber of Mines:
Samson Hartland, Executive Director (by video conference).
Mining Association of Canada:
Brendan Marshall, Vice-President, Economic and Northern Affairs.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Chair
The Honourable Michael L. MacDonald, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Cordy, Cormier, *Day (or Mercer), Dupuis, Fraser, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Massicotte, Mercer, Mitchell, Mockler, Neufeld, Patterson, Saint-Germain, Seidman, *Smith (or Martin), Wetston, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Cormier replaced the Honourable Senator Richards (December 13, 2017).