Canadian Energy Pipeline Association / association canadienne de pipelines d'energie
Registration:
8
of
35
(2012-11-15
to
2013-01-03)
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Emergency Preparedness Act - discussion in respect to ensuring delivery of energy resources in the event of a national emergency
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Policies or Program
- 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.
- 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
- 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 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.
- 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) and the creation of an 811 national one call system in coordination with federal and provincial governments.
- 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 – advicate 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 Granting Current Tax Relief for Pipeline Abandonment Funding which would involve collecting Terminal Negative Salvage (TNS) costs and ensuring pipelines are responsibly reclaimed when they are no longer in use
Regulation
- Pipeline Tariff Regulation - discussion in respect to assessing and allocating pipeline tolls