44e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée30 janvier 2023441-00850441-00850 (Ressources naturelles et énergie)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsParti vertBC18 novembre 202230 janvier 20233 février 2020Pétition au gouvernement du CanadaPAR CONSÉQUENT, nous soussignés, RÉSIDENTS DU CANADA, prions le GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA d’abandonner immédiatement tout projet d’acheter l’oléoduc Trans Mountain ou d’appuyer autrement son expansion.
Response by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Chrystia FreelandThe Government thanks the petitioners for expressing their views about Canada’s purchase of the Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) as well as views on TMC’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).TMEP is creating thousands of good, middle-class jobs; it will unlock new global markets in order to get a fair price for Canadian energy, and help advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, including through economic opportunity.With around 75 percent of the pipeline already built and the project significantly de-risked, TMEP as it stands today is very different from the project that Kinder Morgan proposed in 2017. It has been designed to a higher standard for environmental protection, undergone rigorous consultation with Indigenous groups and will support union jobs in British Columbia and Alberta. These enhancements have improved TMEP, ensured that construction proceeds in the right way, and that it will support the Canadian economy today and into the future.The project is also creating economic benefits for many Indigenous communities through contracting, financial compensation, and employment and training opportunities. To date, TMC has signed 69 agreements with 86 Indigenous communities worth over $650 million, and the project will generate over $4.2 billion in Indigenous-based contract awards. 
NationalisationPétrole et gazPipeline Trans Mountain
44e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée21 mars 2022441-00120441-00120 (Ressources naturelles et énergie)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsParti vertBC2 février 202221 mars 20223 février 2020PÉTITION AU GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADANous soussignés, citoyens du Canada, désirons porter à l’attention de la Chambre des communes :QU’ATTENDU QUE le gouvernement Trudeau a annoncé qu’il dépensera des fonds publics d’un montant de 4,5 milliards de dollars pour acheter l’oléoduc Trans Mountain de l’entreprise Kinder Morgan;ATTENDU QUE cette somme de 4,5 milliards de dollars exclut les coûts de construction de l’expansion, qui, selon les projections, porteront le coût de cette acquisition à plus de 11 milliards de dollars; ATTENDU QUE selon une évaluation faite par Kinder Morgan en 2007, la valeur de l’oléoduc était de 550 millions de dollars; ATTENDU QUE l’expansion doit encore satisfaire les 157 conditions fixées par l’Office national de l’énergie et faire l’objet de plus d’une douzaine de contestations judiciaires avant que sa construction puisse aller de l’avant; ATTENDU QUE, pendant la campagne électorale, M. Trudeau a promis de revoir en profondeur le processus très imparfait d’approbation de pipelines du gouvernement Harper, de respecter les droits autochtones et d’éliminer les subventions relatives aux combustibles fossiles; ATTENDU QU’un déversement de bitume dilué aurait des effets dévastateurs sur les écosystèmes locaux et les économies de la côte Ouest, de même que sur toute région avoisinant les 800 étendues d’eau le long de son tracé; ATTENDU QU’il n’existe aucune méthode éprouvée pour nettoyer un déversement de bitume dilué en milieu marin; ATTENDU QUE l’expédition de bitume dilué non transformé vers des raffineries dans d’autres pays exporte des emplois canadiens; ATTENDU QUE l’expansion de l’oléoduc Trans Mountain garantira une croissance de la production des sables bitumineux incompatible avec les engagements du Canada en matière de réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, augmentera le risque d’un déversement de bitume dilué, violera les droits des communautés autochtones le long du tracé de l’oléoduc, menacera les communautés autochtones qui dépendent du milieu marin pour leur subsistance et pour leurs pratiques culturelles. PAR CONSÉQUENT, nous soussignés, RÉSIDENTS DU CANADA, prions le GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA d’abandonner immédiatement tout projet d’acheter l’oléoduc Trans Mountain ou d’appuyer autrement son expansion.
Response by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Chrystia FreelandThe Government thanks the petitioners for expressing their views about Canada’s purchase of the Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) as well as views on TMC’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).On June 18, 2019, the Government of Canada approved TMEP by directing the Canada Energy Regulator to issue a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Environmental Assessment Decision Statement related to TMEP.The environment and the economy go hand-in-hand. When we create prosperity today, we can invest in the clean jobs, technologies, and infrastructure of the future—and help Canadians benefit from opportunities presented by a rapidly changing economy.The key to creating prosperity is finding new markets for our businesses to sell their products and services. Nowhere is the need to diversify greater than for our energy sector, where 99 per cent of our conventional resources are sold to one market—and often at large discounts. Canadians understand that we need to open up new international markets, in order to get a full and fair price, support workers and their families, and foster competitiveness.The Government’s approval of TMEP was based on the confidence that:
  • Strong environmental protections have been and continue to be put in place, and that the effects of TMEP can be mitigated through conditions and recommendations outlined by the National Energy Board, as well as measures including the historic $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan and the national climate plan.
  • Consultations with Indigenous peoples involved meaningful, two-way dialogue, which fulfilled the legal duty to consult and helped identify new accommodation measures and conditions to appropriately address potential impacts on Indigenous rights and concerns expressed by Indigenous communities.
On February 18, 2022, TMC announced that its Board of Directors had approved a total cost estimate of $21.4 billion to bring TMEP into service by the end of 2023. With 50 per cent of the pipeline already built and the project significantly de-risked, the government will spend no additional public money on the project, and TMC will instead secure the funding necessary to complete the project with third-party financing, either in the public debt markets or with financial institutions.The government has engaged both BMO Capital Markets and TD Securities to provide advice on financial aspects of the project. Their analyses confirms that public financing for the project is a feasible option that can be implemented promptly.  They have also confirmed that the project remains commercially viable. There remains strong interest from prospective purchasers in operational infrastructure assets like the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, underpinned as it is by 20-year shipper contracts.TMEP as it stands today is very different from the project that Kinder Morgan proposed in 2017. It has been designed to a higher standard for environmental protection, undergone rigorous consultation with Indigenous groups and will support union jobs in B.C. and Alberta. These enhancements have improved TMEP, ensured that construction proceeds in the right way, and that it will support the Canadian economy today and into the future.The project is also creating economic benefits for many Indigenous communities through contracting, financial compensation, and employment and training opportunities. To date, TMC has signed 69 agreements with 75 Indigenous communities worth over $580 million, and the project will generate over $2.7 billion in Indigenous-based contract awards. The government has also been engaging affected Indigenous communities on further economic participation in Trans Mountain for more than two years, and will continue to move forward on that objective. By moving forward with TMEP, the Government is creating jobs, diversifying markets, accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition, and opening up new avenues for Indigenous economic prosperity.
NationalisationPétrole et gazPipeline Trans Mountain
44e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée31 janvier 2022441-00076441-00076 (Ressources naturelles et énergie)GarnettGenuisSherwood Park—Fort SaskatchewanConservateurAB14 décembre 202131 janvier 202219 février 2021Pétition à la Chambre des communesNous soussignés, citoyens du Canada, attirons l’attention de la Chambre des communes sur ce qui suit :Attendu que les producteurs canadiens de pétrole et de gaz sont des chefs de file mondiaux dans le domaine de l’environnement; Attendu que la production de pétrole canadien répond aux plus hautes normes environnementales au monde, et que le gouvernement doit prendre acte des efforts de pionnier de l’industrie. Attendu que les producteurs des sables bitumineux ont réduit l’intensité de GES de 28 % de 2000 à 2017. Attendu que les hydrocarbures sont le premier produit d’exportation du Canada et le plus grand investisseur privé dans l’économie canadienne, comptant pour 5,4 % du PIB du Canada. Attendu que les producteurs des sables bitumineux ont dépensé 13 milliards de dollars auprès d’entreprises autochtones depuis 2012, y compris 2,1 milliards de dollars en 2018, un montant sans précédent. Attendu que le projet d’agrandissement du réseau de Trans Mountain a créé près de 8 000 emplois et contribué pour 76 millions de dollars en impôt sur le revenu des particuliers, impôt des sociétés et taxe de vente. Au plus fort de l’activité, le projet emploiera 17 050 travailleurs canadiens. Attendu que l’agrandissement du réseau de Trans Mountain se fait attendre pour acheminer nos ressources vers les marchés. L’incertitude persistante entourant la capacité du Canada d’acheminer ses produits énergétiques jusqu’aux côtes mine la confiance mondiale dans le secteur canadien de l’énergie. Attendu que l’Institut Fraser estime que le Canada perd 16 milliards de dollars par année faute d’avoir accès à des marchés diversifiés pour son pétrole. De plus, le directeur parlementaire du budget indique que le projet d’agrandissement du réseau de Trans Mountain atténuera cette perte de 6 milliards de dollars par année. Attendu que les pipelines sont le moyen de transport le plus sûr et le plus propre du pétrole et du gaz;Par conséquent, nous soussignés, citoyens et résidents du Canada, prions le gouvernement du Canada d’accélérer l’agrandissement du réseau de pipelines de Trans Mountain.
Response by the Minister of Natural ResourcesSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, P.C., M.P.The Government of Canada approved the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX, or the Project) in 2019 because it is in the public interest. When approving the Project, the Government of Canada considered a wide variety of information, including the latest evidence-based science and the review by the Canada Energy Regulator (formerly the National Energy Board), regarding the Project’s impacts on the environment. The Government of Canada also reviewed and considered the results of extensive consultations with 129 Indigenous groups. The Project is important to Canada’s economic future and, once complete, will facilitate increased exports to global markets, thus ensuring producers receive a fair price for petroleum products.Construction on the Project has continued during the COVID-19 pandemic, in full compliance with public health orders and directives. Necessary health and safety measures are in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among workers and communities. Construction is well underway across British Columbia and Alberta, creating more than 12,600 middle-class jobs—including over 1,200 jobs for Indigenous workers. As of December 22, 2021, construction of TMX is approximately 43 percent complete, with over 340 kilometres of new pipeline in the ground. The anticipated in-service-date for the TMX Project is December 31, 2022.The Government of Canada is collaborating with all levels of government, Indigenous communities, federal and provincial regulators, and Trans Mountain Corporation to ensure that all necessary permits and regulatory authorizations are in place. On September 22, 2021, the Canada Energy Regulator issued its final order, approving all 1,147 kilometres of the Project’s route.While Canada transitions to a sustainable energy future, Canadians will still rely on access to oil and gas for their daily needs, including heating and transportation. Collaboration and consultation with the natural resource sector is essential in establishing the path towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, while promoting the development of good jobs and a prosperous clean economy.
Response by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Chrystia FreelandThe Government thanks the petitioners for expressing their views about the importance of the oil and gas sector to the Canadian economy as well as views on expediting the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).The environment and the economy go hand-in-hand. When we create prosperity today, we can invest in the clean jobs, technologies, and infrastructure of the future — and help Canadians benefit from opportunities presented by a rapidly changing economy.The key to creating prosperity is finding new markets for our businesses to sell their products and services. Nowhere is the need to diversify greater than for our energy sector, where 99 per cent of our conventional resources are sold to one market — and often at large discounts. Canadians understand that we need to open up new international markets, in order to get a full and fair price, support workers and their families, and foster competitiveness.The Government is confident that the TMEP will generate a positive return for Canadians.TMEP as it stands today is very different from the project that Kinder Morgan proposed in 2017. It has been designed to a higher standard for environmental protection, undergone rigorous consultation with Indigenous groups and will support union jobs in B.C. and Alberta. These enhancements have improved TMEP, ensured that construction proceeds in the right way, and that it will support the Canadian economy today and into the future.The Government also announced that every dollar the federal government earns from TMEP will be invested in Canada’s clean energy transition. It is estimated that additional tax revenues from TMEP alone could generate $500 million per year once the project has been completed. This money will be invested in clean energy projects that will power our homes, businesses, and communities for generations to come.
Pétrole et gazPipeline Trans Mountain
44e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée31 janvier 2022441-00040441-00040 (Ressources naturelles et énergie)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsParti vertBC7 décembre 202131 janvier 20223 février 2020Pétition au gouvernement du CanadaPAR CONSÉQUENT, nous soussignés, RÉSIDENTS DU CANADA, prions le GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA d’abandonner immédiatement tout projet d’acheter l’oléoduc Trans Mountain ou d’appuyer autrement son expansion.
Response by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Chrystia FreelandThe Government thanks the petitioners for expressing their views about Canada making additional investments in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).The environment and the economy go hand-in-hand. When we create prosperity today, we can invest in the clean jobs, technologies, and infrastructure of the future — and help Canadians benefit from opportunities presented by a rapidly changing economy.The key to creating prosperity is finding new markets for our businesses to sell their products and services. Nowhere is the need to diversify greater than for our energy sector, where 99 per cent of our conventional resources are sold to one market — and often at large discounts.Canadians understand that we need to open up new international markets, in order to get a full and fair price, support workers and their families, and foster competitiveness.The Government’s approval of TMEP was based on the confidence that:
  • strong environmental protections have been and continue to be put in place, and that the effects of TMEP can be mitigated through conditions and recommendations outlined by the National Energy Board, as well as measures including the historic $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan and the national climate plan.
  • consultations with Indigenous peoples involved meaningful, two-way dialogue, which fulfilled the legal duty to consult and helped identify new accommodation measures and conditions to appropriately address potential impacts on Indigenous rights.
Once TMEP enters into service, TMC expects to earn tolls that more than cover the cost of constructing the TMEP. These tolls are underwritten by long-term agreements with shippers for 80 per cent of TMEP’s capacity for 15 and 20 years. The final toll charged to shippers will be determined only after the TMEP enters into service based on the final construction cost.Trans Mountain’s experience with the current pipeline system also demonstrates the robust demand for export capacity to tidewater. Since the onset of the global pandemic in March 2020 and a corresponding collapse in oil demand, the Trans Mountain pipeline continued to be fully utilized while other pipelines struggle with demand.In addition, the Government launched the second step of its engagement process with Indigenous groups on June 9, 2020, to explore the possibility of Indigenous economic participation in the Project. In this step of the engagement process, the Government is focused on building consensus on the form of economic participation in the Project preferred by participating Indigenous groups; and identifying or supporting the formation of one or more entities to represent participating Indigenous groups in negotiations with Canada.By moving forward with TMEP, the Government is creating jobs, diversifying markets, accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition, and opening up new avenues for Indigenous economic prosperity.
NationalisationPétrole et gazPipeline Trans Mountain
44e législature223Réponse du gouvernement déposée31 janvier 2022441-00004441-00004 (Ressources naturelles et énergie)ElizabethMaySaanich—Gulf IslandsParti vertBC24 novembre 202131 janvier 20223 février 2020PÉTITION AU GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADANous soussignés, citoyens du Canada, désirons porter à l’attention de la Chambre des communes :QU’ATTENDU QUE le gouvernement Trudeau a annoncé qu’il dépensera des fonds publics d’un montant de 4,5 milliards de dollars pour acheter l’oléoduc Trans Mountain de l’entreprise Kinder Morgan;ATTENDU QUE cette somme de 4,5 milliards de dollars exclut les coûts de construction de l’expansion, qui, selon les projections, porteront le coût de cette acquisition à plus de 11 milliards de dollars; ATTENDU QUE selon une évaluation faite par Kinder Morgan en 2007, la valeur de l’oléoduc était de 550 millions de dollars; ATTENDU QUE l’expansion doit encore satisfaire les 157 conditions fixées par l’Office national de l’énergie et faire l’objet de plus d’une douzaine de contestations judiciaires avant que sa construction puisse aller de l’avant; ATTENDU QUE, pendant la campagne électorale, M. Trudeau a promis de revoir en profondeur le processus très imparfait d’approbation de pipelines du gouvernement Harper, de respecter les droits autochtones et d’éliminer les subventions relatives aux combustibles fossiles; ATTENDU QU’un déversement de bitume dilué aurait des effets dévastateurs sur les écosystèmes locaux et les économies de la côte Ouest, de même que sur toute région avoisinant les 800 étendues d’eau le long de son tracé; ATTENDU QU’il n’existe aucune méthode éprouvée pour nettoyer un déversement de bitume dilué en milieu marin; ATTENDU QUE l’expédition de bitume dilué non transformé vers des raffineries dans d’autres pays exporte des emplois canadiens; ATTENDU QUE l’expansion de l’oléoduc Trans Mountain garantira une croissance de la production des sables bitumineux incompatible avec les engagements du Canada en matière de réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, augmentera le risque d’un déversement de bitume dilué, violera les droits des communautés autochtones le long du tracé de l’oléoduc, menacera les communautés autochtones qui dépendent du milieu marin pour leur subsistance et pour leurs pratiques culturelles. PAR CONSÉQUENT, nous soussignés, RÉSIDENTS DU CANADA, prions le GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA d’abandonner immédiatement tout projet d’acheter l’oléoduc Trans Mountain ou d’appuyer autrement son expansion.
Response by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of FinanceSigned by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): The Honourable Chrystia FreelandThe Government thanks the petitioners for expressing their views about Canada making additional investments in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).The environment and the economy go hand-in-hand. When we create prosperity today, we can invest in the clean jobs, technologies, and infrastructure of the future — and help Canadians benefit from opportunities presented by a rapidly changing economy.The key to creating prosperity is finding new markets for our businesses to sell their products and services. Nowhere is the need to diversify greater than for our energy sector, where 99 per cent of our conventional resources are sold to one market — and often at large discounts.Canadians understand that we need to open up new international markets, in order to get a full and fair price, support workers and their families, and foster competitiveness.The Government’s approval of TMEP was based on the confidence that:
  • strong environmental protections have been and continue to be put in place, and that the effects of TMEP can be mitigated through conditions and recommendations outlined by the National Energy Board, as well as measures including the historic $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan and the national climate plan.
  • consultations with Indigenous peoples involved meaningful, two-way dialogue, which fulfilled the legal duty to consult and helped identify new accommodation measures and conditions to appropriately address potential impacts on Indigenous rights and concerns expressed by Indigenous communities.
Once TMEP enters into service, TMC expects to earn tolls that more than cover the cost of constructing the TMEP. These tolls are underwritten by long-term agreements with shippers for 80 per cent of TMEP’s capacity for 15 and 20 years. The final toll charged to shippers will be determined only after the TMEP enters into service based on the final construction cost.Trans Mountain’s experience with the current pipeline system also demonstrates the robust demand for export capacity to tidewater. Since the onset of the global pandemic in March 2020 and a corresponding collapse in oil demand, the Trans Mountain pipeline continued to be fully utilized while other pipelines struggle with demand.In addition, the Government launched the second step of its engagement process with Indigenous groups on June 9, 2020, to explore the possibility of Indigenous economic participation in the Project. In this step of the engagement process, the Government is focused on building consensus on the form of economic participation in the Project preferred by participating Indigenous groups; and identifying or supporting the formation of one or more entities to represent participating Indigenous groups in negotiations with Canada.By moving forward with TMEP, the Government is creating jobs, diversifying markets, accelerating Canada’s clean energy transition, and opening up new avenues for Indigenous economic prosperity.
NationalisationPétrole et gazPipeline Trans Mountain