Politique ou Programme

• Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation - Discussion surrounding Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation: Interim Guidelines for Federal Officials to Fulfill the Legal Duty to Consult, a report issued by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada pertaining to the Crown’s duty to consult and corresponding uncertainty for industry and Canada’s aboriginal population.
• Aboriginal Treaty Rights – discussion surrounding aboriginal and metis policy regarding education and training, crown consultation, capacity building and accommodation, including consultation on the Federal Comprehensive Land Clams Policy.
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency - promotion of an effective environmental assessment regime to enhance and streamline the assessment of pipeline projects. The objective is to obtain the timely review and issuance of federal regulatory apprioval permits and authorizations in a coordinated manner across jurisdictions
• Climate Change - Climate change policy with respect to greenhouse gas emission (GHG) targets and interrelationship of sector specific GHG targets
• Comments on assumptions made in the Energy Futures report under the National Energy Board (NEB).
• Consultation on draft policy for the Importation of Continuous Transmission Commodities with the Canada Border Services Agency
• Cost Recovery - provide input towards the implementation of cost recovery levies
• Discussions around the National Strategy for Critical Infrastructure to ensure the Actiona Plan for Critical Infrastructure is accurate and up to date.
• Internal Trade Harmonization – discussion surrounding internal trade harmonization in respect of labour supplies and energy.
• Major Project Management Office (MPMO) - discussion in respect to MPMO and MPMO West implementation and timely decision-making for linear infrastructure projects of national significance, ensuring habitat protection (particularly, but not exclusive to, fish and waterways), aboriginal consultation, stakeholder consultation and participant funding and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency triggers are managed in a timely and responsible fashion.
• Participation in consultation related to the Federal Comprehensive Land Claims Policy.
• Pipeline Development (Capital Requirements) - Discussion surrounding fiscal competitiveness as it relates to pipeline development in Canada.
• Pipeline Safety and Integrity - promotion of a more robust policy of strengthening and enforcement with respect to damage prevention regulations (DPRs).
• Regulatory Efficiency and Effectiveness – promotion of an effective environmental assessment regime to enhance and streamline the assessment of pipeline projects. The objective is to obtain the timely review and issuance of federal regulatory approval permits and authorizations in a coordinated manner across jurisdictions.
• Sustainable Development – advocate for a new and more coordinated sustainable development strategy as it relates to pipeline projects.
• Tax Policy - Discussion regarding Taxation Policy, as it pertains to ensuring pipelines are responsibly reclaimed when they are no longer in use through the development of financial instruments such as a Qualified Environmental Trust (QET)

Proposition législative, Projet de loi ou résolution

• Comments provided on proposed mandatory reporting standards in the extractive sector as developed under the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act.
• Emergency Preparedness Act - discussion in respect to ensuring delivery of energy resources in the event of a national emergency
• Federal Pre-Budget Consultations - recommendations for consideration provided to House of Commons Finance Committee.
• Fisheries Act - discussion in respect to ensuring that large linear infrastructure projects, of national importance and significance are completed in a timely fashion while respecting fish habitat
• Input provided to draft ammendments to the Northwest Territories Waters Act.
• Input provided to draft ammendments to the Territorial Lands Act.
• Mackenzie Valley Resource Managment Act (MVRMA) - Input provided regarding proposed amendments to the Act.
• Migratory Birds Convention Act - discussions to ensure best managment practices related to pipeline projects relative to the act
• National Energy Board Act - discussion in respect landowner consultation, public participation and intervenor funding, collection of funds for Terminal Negative Salvage, Crown consultation and the federal government’s duty to consult, export licensing and pipeline regulatory requirements and reform
• Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) - discussions regarding processes related to issuing permits under the Act
• Pipeline Safety Act - discussions surrounding implementation of the Act
• Species at Risk Act (SARA) - Discussion regarding SARA in respect to ensuring that large linear infrastructure projects, of national importance and significance, are completed in a timely fashion while respecting the natural habitat of Canadian species at risk.
• Transportation Act - provide input toward the review of the Act from the perspective of critical energy transportation infrastructure.
• Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Act (YESSA) - input provided regarding proposed legislative changes to the Act.

Règlement

• Comments and discussions surrounding proposed Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMP) Regulations under the National Energy Board (NEB).
• Comments on proposed Amendments to Regulations for Pipeline Damage Prevention.
• Comments provided on the reporting requirements for unauthorized third party activity revisions to the Transportation Safety Board Regulations.
• Comments provided to the NEB draft incident reporting guidelines.
• Discussion surrounding the draft regulations ammending the Regulations Designating Physical Activities and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency's Designated Projects List.
• Discussions in respect to various regulations and relevant applications for authorization under the Fisheries Act including those related to New Fisheries Protection Provisions.
• Environmental Emergency Regulations - comment on proposed ammendments
• Input provided to Base Level Industrial Emission Requirments (BLIERS) regulations towards single regulation under Multi-Sector Air Polution Regulations (MSAPR).
• Input provided to Draft Financial Viability and Financial Responsibility Guidelines under the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act (COGOA).
• Input provided to Draft Guidance for Proponents: Federal Aboriginal Crown Consultation Process for Major Resource Projects under the Major Projects Managment Office (MPMO).
• Input towards ammendments to the NEB Act Party VI (Oil and Gas Regulations) relating to Export and Import Reporting Regulations and Toll Information Regulations.
• Navigation Protection Act - comments provided regarding proposed changes to Minor Works Orders.
• Pipeline Tariff Regulation - discussion in respect to assessing and allocating pipeline tolls
• Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations - comments on proposed ammendments