Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association / association canadienne de pipelines d'energie / Chris Bloomer, President & CEO

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Energy Pipeline Association / association canadienne de pipelines d'energie
Responsible Officer Name: Chris Bloomer, President & CEO
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2008-07-14
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 922523-222961

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 530

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 24 of 35 (2016-12-23 to 2017-02-01)

Registration versions:

Version 24 of 35 (2016-12-23 to 2017-02-01)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Budget
Climate
Constitutional Issues
Consumer Issues
Economic Development
Employment and Training
Energy
Environment
Fisheries
Forestry
Health
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
Internal Trade
International Development
International Relations
International Trade
Justice and Law Enforcement
Labour
Mining
Regional Development
Research and Development
Science and Technology
Small Business
Taxation and Finance
Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act - participation in consultations to review and reform the Act
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
Navigation Protection Act (NWPA) - consultations regarding the review of the Act to ensure that considerations affecting large linear infrastructure projects are represented
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.

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, 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
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
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)

Regulation

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.
Discussions in respect to various regulations and relevant applications for authorization under the Fisheries Act including those related to New Fisheries Protection Provisions.
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

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication
Websites, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone Calls, Informal Communication

Government Institutions

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Bank of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation (CSTMC)
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Justice Canada (JC)
National Defence (DND)
National Energy Board (NEB)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Senate of Canada
Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Status of Women Canada (SWC)
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (Port Metro Vancouver)
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) represents the views of its member companies by: working with governments and other stakeholders in the formulation of policy and regulation, promoting best practice sharing, and conducting research to support appropriate policy formulation, all with the intent of ensuring that Canadians benefit from an energy transportation infrastructure system that is operated safely and is financially sound and environmentally sustainable.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Chris Bloomer, President & CEO

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Full Members are those whose primary business is the transportation by pipeline of hydrocarbon substances. Technical Members are those whose business interests include the transportation by pipeline of hydrocarbon substances. Associate Members are those whose business interests cause them to have a bona fide interest in the energy pipeline business but that do not fall within the categories of Full or Technical Members.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
#202, 505 - 3rd Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 3E6
Canada

Telephone number: 587-293-2972

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Geraldine Anderson, Manager, GR and Stakeholder Communications | No public offices held
Chris Bloomer, President and CEO | No public offices held
Jim Donihee, Chief Operating Officer | Public offices held
Cathy Hay, Director, Regulatory and Business Environment | No public offices held
Kai Horsfield, Research Coordinator | No public offices held
Jordan Inkster, Integrity First Coordinator | No public offices held
Coral Lukaniuk, Director, Integrity First | No public offices held
Kim McCaig, Executive Director, CEPA Foundation | No public offices held
Amy Miller, Operations Coordinator | No public offices held
Sonya Savage, Senior Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs | No public offices held
Patrick Smyth, Vice President, Safety and Engineering | Public offices held

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association/association canadienne de pipelines d'energie

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association/association canadienne de pipelines d'energie	2008-07-14	2021-12-10

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association/association canadienne de pipelines d'energie

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association / association canadienne de pipelines d'energie

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Chris Bloomer	2015-12-01	2021-12-10
Brenda Kenny	2015-04-01	2015-12-01
Jim Donihee	2015-02-25	2015-04-01
Brenda Kenny	2008-07-14	2015-02-25

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Business Unit Leader, Operations National Energy Board, Operations	2007 to September 2014	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Chief Operating Officer Natural Resources Canada, National Energy Board	September 2003 to November 2007	Not a designated office
Retired Colonel Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces	August 1973 to November 2000	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-03-07

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Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association / association canadienne de pipelines d'energie / Chris Bloomer, President & CEO

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 24 of 35 (2016-12-23 to 2017-02-01)

Version 24 of 35 (2016-12-23 to 2017-02-01)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Policies or Program

Regulation

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization