Parliamentary committees examine energy security, NATO spending and natural health products
The Natural Resources committee will hear from oil, clean energy and environmental groups on electrification and energy security.
Multiple House of Commons committees are scheduled to hear from industry, government and advocacy groups on Tuesday on issues ranging from energy security to NATO spending.
The Natural Resources committee will hear from senior representatives of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Indigenous Clean Energy, Manitoba Hydro, Environmental Defence Canada and the Friends of Science Society on "electrification, energy self-sufficiency and domestic energy security."
The session comes just days after Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith confirmed a proposed pipeline to the West Coast has been officially listed as a project in the national interest.
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The Foreign Affairs and International Development committee will continue its monitoring of the "bilateral relationship" between Canada and the U.S. with a contingent of senior departmental officials, as well as a panel of experts from the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Center for North American Prosperity and Security and Carleton University professor Meredith Lilly.
The Health committee will go through the fine print of Conservative MP Blaine Calkins' latest bid to exempt natural health products from the oversight and monitoring requirements that apply to other drugs.
Presentations are scheduled from the Canadian Health Food Association, Food, Health and Consumer Products of Canada, Natural Health Products Protection Association, Canadian Pharmacists Association, Morphus Inc. and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association of Canada.
Later this afternoon, Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan heads to the National Defence committee to discuss her office’s recent reports on "planned capital spending" included in the updated defence policy, as well as the "fiscal implications of meeting NATO’s 5 per cent commitment."
The Public Accounts committee continues to explore the "management and impact" of the Benefits Delivery Modernization Programme with the project’s former business lead, John Ostrander, as well as senior departmental officials.
The Veterans Affairs committee will take a closer look at "civilian recognition of military skills" with representatives of the Veteran Business Network Institute, Morrow Consulting & Training, Collège La Cité and "veterans advocate" Angus Cameron.
The Fisheries and Oceans committee will hear more expert testimony on Atlantic salmon populations from Gaspé Coastal, Medway River Salmon Association, Save Miramichi Salmon Inc. and Wolastoqey Nation fisheries lead Colin Curry.
Rounding out the rotation, members of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights get an update on the "human rights situation of children around the world" during a roundtable discussion with representatives of Save the Children Canada, United Nations Children’s Fund and Kids International Development Society.
The Natural Resources committee meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m., as are the Foreign Affairs and Health committee sessions.
The National Defence, Public Accounts, Veterans Affairs, Fisheries and Oceans, and International Human Rights subcommittee hearings are all scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
With files from iPolitics