Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question. The typical process is that the federal legislature would move first, and then the province would mirror exactly what's in the federal legislature. Should there be divergences in the provincial process, there would be the same administrative issues that were mentioned by my director, Abigail.

Natural Resources committee  We believe that Bill C-49 has many tools to evaluate the impacts, even the tools we use prior to the call for bids being launched to issue licences, such as the regional assessments that are ongoing and spatial planning. All those tools are used to address the impacts on fishers from offshore energy.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, we have had discussions with the provinces. They are likely to oppose this on the basis that trade unions are captured under the term “individuals”, who are represented or not by trade unions.

Natural Resources committee  The clause is about corporations and individuals participating on a competitive basis in the supply of goods and services. Trade unions wouldn't necessarily participate in the supply of good and services; they would represent individuals who do. That's why individuals are either represented by trade unions or not, and both can participate.

Natural Resources committee  Labour agreements and community benefit agreements are tools that are used. However, they're not typically in legislation. Proposed paragraph 96.6(b) in particular is about addressing under-represented groups specifically, so the project labour agreements and community benefit agreements are outside of the scope of what the intent would be.

Natural Resources committee  That is correct. The regulator, as part of these amendments for offshore renewable energy projects, would review project authorizations and applications. Those applications would include a lot more detail on the scope of the project—the intent, the size, the technologies used, the location—and a lot of the requirements over the life cycle of the project to address such things as decommissioning and disposing of the projects.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, absolutely.