Committee members: Appearance before the Standing Committee – May 3, 2022

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

Witnesses

Virtual Appearance: May 3, 2022 (11am – 1pm)

• Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • Paul Halucha, Associate Deputy Minister
  • Linda Drainville, Assistant Deputy Minister
  • Doug Nevison, Assistant Deputy Minister, CCB
  • John Moffet, Assistant Deputy Minister, EPB
  • Hilary Geller, Assistant Deputy Minister, SPB
  • Tara Shannon, Assistant Deputy Minister, CWS
• Parks Canada Agency
  • Ron Hallman, President and CEO
  • Andrew Campbell, Senior VP, Operations
  • Darlene Upton, VP Protected Areas Establishment and Conservation
  • Christine Loth-Bown, VP Indigenous Affairs and Cultural Heritage
  • Catherine Blanchard, VP Finance
• Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
  • Terence Hubbard, President
  • Simon Brault, VP & CFO, Corporate Services Sector
  • Tricia Brady, VP External Relations and Strategic Policy Sector

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.

Earl Dreeshen (CPC) – Vice-Chair

• Constituency: Red Deer—Mountain View, Alberta
• Key Points: Vice-Chair since March 1, 2022
• Committee: New to the committee.

Terry Duguid (LIB)

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

Kyle Seeback (CPC)

• Constituency: Duffern—Caledon, Ontario
• Key Points: CPC Environment Critic.  Joined the committee on Feb 28, 2022.
• Committee: New to the 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

• Nuclear Waste Governance in Canada
• Single Use Plastics
• 2022-2023 Main Estimates
• 2021-2022 Supplementary Estimates C
• Fossil Fuels Subsidies
• Water

Committee members (ENVI)

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

Earl Dreeshen (Vice-Chair)
CPC, Red Deer—Mountain View, 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

Llyod Longfield
LIB, Guelph, ON

Laurel Collins (Environment Critic)
NDP, Victoria, BC

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

Colin Carrie
CPC, Oshawa, ON

Dan Mazier
CPC, Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB

Kyle Seeback (Environment Critic)
CPC, Duffern—Caledon, ON

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