Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Energy,
the Environment and Natural
Resources
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable ROSA GALVEZ
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 (in camera)
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Issue No. 51
Seventieth and seventy-first meetings:
Study on the effects of transitioning to a low carbon economy
and
First and second meetings:
Bill C-57, An Act to amend the Federal Sustainable Development Act
APPEARING:
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, P.C., M.P., Minister of Environment and Climate Change
WITNESSES:
Environment and Climate Change Canada:
Stephen Lucas, Deputy Minister;
Hilary Geller, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch;
Gail Haarsma, Acting Director, Sustainable Development Policy Division, Strategic Policy Branch.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Nick Xenos, Executive Director, Centre for Greening Government.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Sustainable Development Advisory Council:
Brett Favaro, Member.
International Institute for Sustainable Development:
Stefan Jungcurt, Lead, Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge.
Office of the Auditor General of Canada:
Julie Gelfand, Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development;
Andrew Hayes, Senior General Counsel;
Heather Miller, Principal.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Chair
The Honourable Michael L. MacDonald, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Cordy, *Day (or Mercer), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Massicotte, McCallum, Mockler, Neufeld, Patterson, Richards, Seidman, *Smith (or Martin), Woo, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes 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 McCallum replaced the Honourable Senator Simons (November 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Simons replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (November 6, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McCallum replaced the Honourable Senator Dean (October 31, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Dean replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (October 30, 2018).