Committee members: Appearance before the Standing Committee – March 27, 2023

House of Commons Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI)

Witnesses

In person appearance: March 27, 2023 (11am – 1pm)

• Minister
  (11am – 12pm)
  • Hon. Steven Guilbeault
• Environment and Climate Change Canada
  (11am – 1pm)
  • Chris Forbes, Deputy Minister
  • Linda Drainville, Assistant Deputy Minister and CFO, CSFB
• (12pm – 1pm)
  • Vince Ngan, Assistant Deputy Minister, CCB
  • John Moffet, Assistant Deputy Minister, EPB
  • Tara Shannon, Assistant Deputy Minister, CWS
  • Stephen de Boer, Assistant Deputy Minister, IAB
• Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
  (11am – 1pm)
  • Terrence Hubbard, President, IAAC
  • Joelle Raffoul, Acting Vice-President and CFO
• Parks Canada Agency
  (11am – 1pm)
  • Catherine Blanchard, Vice-President, Finance Directorate
• (12pm – 1pm)
  • Jewel Cunningham, Vice-President, Strategic Policy and Planning
  • David Millar, Acting Vice-President, Assets Directorate

Key committee members

Francis Scarpaleggia (LIB) – Chair

• Constituency: Lac-Saint-Louis, Quebec
• Key Points: Re-elected as Chair.
• Committee: Major interest is water issues.

Monique Pauzé (BQ) – Vice-Chair

• Constituency: Repentigny, Quebec
• Key Points: BQ Environment Critic
• Committee: Long time member of ENVI. Her motion to study nuclear waste governance in Canada was adopted and recently studied by the committee.

Damien Kurek (CPC) – Vice-Chair

• Constituency: Battle River—Crowfoot, Alberta
• Key Points: Interest in agricultural issues
• Committee:

Terry Duguid (LIB)

• Constituency: Winnipeg South - Manitoba
• Key Points: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
• Committee:

Gérard Deltell (CPC)

• Constituency: Louis-Saint-Laurent, Québec
• Key Points: Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change.
• Committee:

Laurel Collins (NDP)

• Constituency: Victoria, British Columbia
• Key Points : NDP Environment Critic.
• Committee: Long time member of the committee.

Committee dynamics

• Chaired by a government caucus member.
• In general, the committee works well together often adopting things via consensus or on division.
• BQ and CPC members are quick to cut witnesses off and move on to another question if they sense that they are not getting the answer they want to hear.

Committee studies

• Main Estimates 2023-2024
• Clean Technologies in Canada
• Nuclear Waste Governance in Canada
• Supplementary Estimates C 2022-2023
• Fossil Fuels Subsidies
• Water

Committee members (ENVI)

Francis Scarpaleggia (Chair)
LIB, Lac-Saint Louis, QC

Damien Kurek (Vice-Chair)
CPC, Battle River—Crowfoot, AB

Monique Pauzé (Vice-Chair & Environment Critic)
BQ, Repentigny, QC

Leah Taylor Roy
LIB, Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, ON

Terry Duguid (Parliamentary Secretary)
LIB, Winnipeg South, MB

Lloyd Longfield
LIB, Guelph, ON

Laurel Collins (Environment Critic)
NDP, Victoria, BC

Joanne Thompson
LIB, St. John’s East, NL

Greg McLean
CPC, Calgary Centre, AB

Gérard Deltell (Environment Critic)
CPC, Louis-Saint-Laurent, QC

Hon. Mike Lake
CPC, Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, AB

Patrick Weiler
LIB, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC