RNNR Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
Liberal
- Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary — Non-Voting Member
Conservative
Jim Keating, by videoconference from Houston, Texas, made a statement and answered questions.
Ted Falk moved, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee immediately undertake a study to find solutions to the obstacles facing the approved Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion; that the Committee consider factors such as: a) the May 31, 2018, deadline issued by the proponent, b) the potential economic, socioeconomic, investment, and government revenue losses, and impacts on market access for Canadian oil, related to the potential cancelation, especially on Indigenous communities, c) municipal, provincial, and federal jurisdiction as it relates to the project, d) potential points of leverage between the federal and provincial governments, e) and potential fiscal, constitutional and legal solutions; that the first meeting take place no later than May 8, 2018; that the witnesses include Kinder Morgan, Dr. Kevin Milligan, and Dwight Newman; that all meetings be televised where possible; and that the Committee report its findings to the House.
Debate arose thereon.
Mary Ng moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Peter Fragiskatos, Mary Ng, Marc Serré, Geng Tan, Nick Whalen — 5;
NAYS: Ted Falk, Gord Johns, Phil McColeman, Shannon Stubbs — 4.
At 9:59 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 10:01 a.m., the sitting resumed.
Patrick Bateman and Kevin Birn made statements and, with John Drexhage, answered questions.
At 10:45 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.