Senate committees studying oil tanker ban, impact assessment bills won’t travel to key areas, members say

This month, the Energy and Transport committees will hit the road to study bills C-48 and C-69, with a combined budget of $628,732.

Independent Senator Doug Black, left, and Conservative Senator Don Plett, middle, say the Transport Committee should be going to Alberta and Saskatchewan as part of its C-48 study. Independent Senator Paula Simons, right, says the Energy Committee’s travel on Bill C-69 should include a First Nation. The Hill Times file photograph, photograph by Andrew Meade, and courtesy of Paula Simons

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN, PETER MAZEREEUW

April 3, 2019

The Senate has approved more than $600,000 for a pair of committees to travel as part of their study of controversial government bills that affect the resource development industries, but some Senators say they’re not happy with the travel itinerary. The Transport and Communications Committee, wh...

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