PROGRAM - University of Ottawa

Positive Energy Program — Agenda

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING

HOW IS CANADA DOING?

APRIL 23 AND 24, 2018

PROGRAM

Welcome to the Conference ........... 3

Agenda ........................................... 4

Speaker biographies ...................... 8

Notes ............................................ 22

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Final conference for the first three years of Positive Energy

April 23-24 2018, University of Ottawa

Welcome to the Positive Energy Conference, Public Confidence in Energy Decision-Making: How is Canada Doing?, which marks the conclusion of the first three years of Positive Energy.

This major conference draws upon three years of Positive Energy research and engagement on the issues of public confidence in energy decision-making. We will reflect on lessons learned, progress made and the challenges that still remain.

The timing of this gathering is exceptional: many jurisdictions continue to grapple with how to strengthen public confidence in energy decision-making, debate on these issues remains – and may become increasingly – polarized, and domestic and international investors are seriously questioning the ongoing attractiveness of Canada as an invest-ment destination. We hope the Conference will make a meaningful and positive contribution to resolving these vex-ing challenges, including by assessing the federal government’s proposed legislation on environmental assessment and modernization of the National Energy Board (Bill C-69) and its Generation Energy initiative on Canada’s long term energy future.

The conference’s cutting-edge discussions feature political, corporate, NGO, Indigenous and public sector leaders as keynote speakers and panelists. Session themes feature a mix of the completed research streams of Positive Ener-gy (The Role of Public Authorities in Energy Decision-Making; The Role of Communities in Energy Decision-Making), fresh public opinion polling data on Canadians’ views of energy decision-making, big-picture reflection on Canada’s progress towards resolving public confidence challenges, and a look at what’s next for Positive Energy as it turns attention to the low-emission energy transition file.

We are very grateful to all speakers on the program as well as to the organizations that have generously supported Positive Energy in its first three years – Alberta Energy, the Alberta Energy Regulator, the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission, the British Columbia Utilities Commission, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, the Canadian Electricity Association, the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, the Canadian Gas Association, the Ca-nadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Cenovus, Encana and Natural Resources Canada. Nanos Research is our official pollster.

Sincerely,

Monica Gattinger, PhD

Chair, Positive Energy

Positive Energy Program — Agenda 4

4:00-5:00 pm

RECEPTION AND REGISTRATION

5:00-5:10 pm

WELCOME

Monica Gattinger, Chair, Positive Energy

Sylvain Charbonneau, Vice-President, Research, University of Ottawa

5:10-5:40 pm

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources

5:40-7:00 pm

ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION: PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING – HOW FAR HAVE WE COME? WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE? The past three years have seen major reforms in policy and regulation to attempt to deal with a lack of public confidence in energy decision-making. At the federal level, a new energy regulator has been proposed and a new agency for impact assessments will be charged with making public interest determinations on energy projects. “Generation Energy,” a national energy policy discussion was launched, carbon pricing is increasingly widespread and Indigenous representation in decision-making has been solidified in practice and through jurisprudence. Provincial governments have also taken steps to build public confidence, including Alberta’s cap on oil sands emissions, new regulations in Québec for shale gas development, British Columbia’s area based approach to oil and gas development and a renewed long-term energy plan in Ontario. Yet, energy projects – notably but not exclusively pipelines – remain controversial, and challenges to public confidence

continue. This panel of senior leaders from industry, ENGO, policy, regulatory, and Indigenous interests will reflect on how far Canada has come in building public confidence in energy decision-making and what still needs to be done.

Moderator:


Participants:

Kim Baird, Senior Advisor, Hill & Knowlton Strategies

Bruce Cameron, former Executive Director, Nova Scotia Dept of Energy

Louis Legault, Chair, CAMPUT, Canada’s Energy and Utility Regulators

Nik Nanos, Chair and CEO, Nanos Research

David Runnalls, Board President, Pembina Institute

Doug Suttles, CEO, Encana

7:00 – 9:00 pm

DINNER KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Corrina Leween, Chief, Cheslatta Carrier Nation,

Vice-Chair of the First Nations Major Projects

Coalition (FNMPC)

The rights of Canada’s Indigenous peoples have come to the fore in energy decision-making. The need for deep consultation is legally entrenched. Many First Nations look to energy development as a tool for community and economic development and potentially a step toward self-determination. Others may have fundamental concerns about the impact of energy development on land, water, air and rights. Differences in world views inform and shape these issues, and regardless of community orientations, questions of capacity and capacity building often loom large. Corrina Leween is Chief of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and Vice-Chair of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC). Through the

Monday, April 23, 2018


FNMPC, Member First Nations work collaboratively, cooperatively and cohesively towards the enhancement of the economic well-being of their respective memberships, understanding that a strong economy is reliant upon a healthy environment, supported by vibrant cultures, languages and expression of First Nations’ traditional laws. Chief Leween will reflect on the role of Indigenous peoples in energy decision-making in recent years and into the future drawing on the experiences of her own community and the FNMPC.

8:00 – 8:30 am

WELCOME AND BREAKFAST

8:30 – 8:35 am

WELCOME REMARKS

The Honourable Rachel Notley, Premier of Alberta (video recording)

8:35 – 9:15 am

CANADIANS' ATTITUDES AND CONFIDENCE IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING

Stephen Bird, Positive Energy, Associate Professor, Clarkson University Through its partnership with Nanos Research, Positive Energy has undertaken public opinion surveys over the last three years, exploring Canadians’ knowledge, attitudes and opinions on various dimensions of public confidence in energy decision-making. This presentation will feature the latest Positive Energy survey, commissioned specifically for the conference.

9:15 – 10:45 am

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING – IS CANADA GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT? This panel draws on the “Public Authorities” research stream of Positive Energy, which identified three stresses facing the energy decision-making system. First, the question of “who decides?” given expanded roles for municipal and Indigenous authorities, second, the appropriate relationship between policymakers and regulators, and third, the question of “how to decide?” in the context of societal demands for public participation and investor needs for timeliness, competitiveness and predictability in decision-making. Panelists will offer their reflections in response to an opening presentation highlighting Positive Energy research findings and recommendations.

Moderator:

Dave Collyer, Advisory Council, Positive Energy

Opening speaker:

Monica Gattinger: co-author with Michael Cleland, Durable Balance: Informed Reform of Energy Decision-Making in Canada (final report, Positive Energy’s Public Authorities research)

Participants:

Chris Bloomer, President and CEO, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

Mike Cleland, Senior Fellow, Positive Energy

Elisabeth DeMarco, Senior Partner, DeMarco Allan LLP

Tuesday, April 24, 2018


Ralph Torrie, Senior Associate, Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research initiative (CESAR), University of Calgary

Stéphanie Trudeau, Senior Vice-President, Regulatory, Customers and Communities, Énergir

Bob Watts, Vice President, Indigenous Relations, Nuclear Waste Management Organization

10:45 – 11:00 am

HEALTH BREAK

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

ARMCHAIR DISCUSSION WITH POSITIVE ENERGY DONORS A Conversation with financial supporters of Positive Energy. Why did they support the initiative? What has their experience been like? What have they learned? What could Positive Energy do better going forward?

Moderator:


Participants:

Chris Bloomer, President and CEO, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

Richard Dunn, Vice-President, Government Relations Canada, Encana

Je f f G a u l i n , V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , Communications, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Ian Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer, British Columbia Utilities Commission

Yiota Kokkinos, Director General, International Energy Division, Energy Branch, Natural Resources Canada

Barbra Korol, Executive Director, Strategic Policy Branch, Alberta Department of Energy

Liane Sauer, Director General, Strategic Planning, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

12:00 – 1:30 pm

LUNCH

1:30 – 3:00 pm

THE ROLE OF COMMUNITIES IN ENERGY DECISION-MAKING: ARE WE GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT? This panel draws on the “Communities” research stream of Positive Energy. Undertaken in partnership with the Canada West Foundation, the communities’ research focused on the factors affecting local levels of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with energy infrastructure decision-making processes. Six case studies featuring a mix of linear and non-linear, fossil and renewable, rural and urban projects, offered a rich foundation to generate research findings and recommendations for both policymakers and regulators. Following a brief summary of the study, panelists representing policymakers, academia, Indigenous interests, NGOs and industry will offer their perspectives on where Canada is getting the balance right – and where it’s not – when it comes to the role of communities in energy decision-making.

Moderator:

Stephen Bird, Positive Energy, Associate Professor, Clarkson University


Opening speaker:

Michael Cleland: lead author - A Matter of Trust: The Role of Communities in Energy Decision-Making (final report from Positive Energy/Canada West Foundation “Communities” research)

Participants:

Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, Climate Action Network

Roxanna Benoit, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Communications, Enbridge

Ted Gruetzner, Vice-President, Corporate Relations and Communications, Ontario Power Generation

Guy Lonechild, CEO, First Nations Power Authority

Louis Simard, Positive Energy, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa

3:00 – 3:15 pm

HEALTH BREAK

3:15 – 4:45 pm

ON THE HORIZON: TRUST IN ENERGY TRANSITION DECISION-MAKING

As the first three-year phase of Positive Energy draws to a close, planning is underway for the next phase of research and engagement, which turn attention to low-emission energy transition. Transitioning Canada’s energy systems to lower emissions configurations will entail, in the relatively brief span of 30 years, a transformation of a nature and scale approximating that last seen at the beginning of the twentieth century, when power grids and petroleum-based transportation came to dominate energy systems. Public confidence and trust in energy transition decision-making – including investor confidence in energy transition decision-making arrangements – will be an essential driver of the speed and effectiveness with which

Canada can transform its energy systems. To that end, Positive Energy’s Trust in Transition project will provide sustained research and engagement on challenges and opportunities to strengthen public confidence in transition decision-making. Trust in Transition will focus on four areas that will drive public confidence and trust in energy transition decision-making: the information base for long-term evidence-based policymaking and regulation; governance and coordination of expanded roles for municipal and Indigenous authorities in decision-making; social acceptance of new energy technologies; and the role of various energy sources (oil, gas, nuclear, renewable, etc.) in energy transition.

Moderator:

Bryson Robertson, Positive Energy, Professor, University of Victoria

Opening Speaker:

Allan Fogwill, President and CEO, Canadian Energy Research Institute

Participants:

Meredith Adler, Executive Director, Student Energy

Chris Henderson, President, Lumos Energy

Robert Hornung, President, CanWEA

Ian Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer, British Columbia Utilities Commission

Vicky Sharpe, former CEO of SDTC, Board Member, QUEST, Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow

4:45– 5:00 pm

CONCLUDING REMARKS AND NEXT STEPS


Positive Energy Program — Speakers 8

Catherine Abreu is one of Canada’s foremost sustainable

energy campaigners. As the Executive Director of Climate

Action Network - Réseau action climat Canada, Ms. Abreu

advances policies that work to ensure Canada contributes its

fair share to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.

Catherine is committed to work that confronts climate change

head-on, wielding bold and creative strategies. She is a

dedicated collaborator, having founded six community-based

coalitions working in climate action and the arts. CAN-Rac

brings environmental NGOs together with trade unions, First

Nations, social justice, health and youth organizations, faith

groups and local, grassroots initiatives.

Catherine Abreu

Executive Director,

Climate Action Network

Meredith Adler is the Executive Director for Student

Energy, a global charity creating the next generation of energy

leaders who will accelerate our transition to a sustainable

energy future. She knows that youth innovation can deliver the

sustainable solutions we need, and that they need a seat at the

table wherever their future is being determined. Meredith

works to develop young people’s capacity to be change agents

while working with the energy industry, governments and

organizations to create space for intergenerational

collaboration. Under Meredith’s leadership, Student Energy

was named one of the top 50 youth solutions in the world

delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals, and

Meredith has received the Clean 50 emerging leader award.

Meredith Adler

Executive Director,

Student Energy


Kim Baird is the owner of Kim Baird Strategic Consulting

and offers First Nation related and strategic advice to

industry, government and First Nations. Ms. Baird has deep

knowledge in relation to First Nation policy, governance and

economic development, as well as First Nation consultation,

communication and engagement issues. In addition to her

consulting business, Kim is a senior advisor with Hill +

Knowlton. Kim was the elected Chief of the Tsawwassen

First Nation for six terms, from 1999-2012. She had the

honour of negotiating and implementing British Columbia’s

first urban treaty on April 3, 2009 and has since overseen

numerous economic and institutional development projects

for TFN.

Kim Baird

Senior Advisor, Hill &

Knowlton Strategies

Roxanna Benoit is the Vice-President, Public Affairs and

Communications for Enbridge. She takes on responsibility

for the Enbridge brand and all Enbridge communications

activities, including digital communications, and Corporate

Social Responsibility. Ms. Benoit is accountable for managing

Enbridge's relationships with local, provincial/state and

federal governments; interactions with members of the

communities in which the company has operations, and in

which it is proposing and constructing new projects and

fostering and growing relationships with Aboriginal

communities. Ms. Benoit was deputy minister with the

Government of Alberta from October 2011 through March

2013.

Roxanna Benoit

VP, Public Affairs and

Comm., Enbridge


Dr. Stephen Bird is an Associate Professor of Political

Science at Clarkson University. He is also Senior Fellow at the

Centre on Governance and Research Affiliation with Positive

Energy at the University of Ottawa. His current research

focuses on split incentives and smart housing, energy conflict,

drivers of energy acceptance, and new energy technology

governance. Affiliations, engagements, and research grants have

included the U.S. State Department, the European

Commission, New York State’s Energy Research Authority, and

the National Science Foundation. He completed his PhD at

Boston University and his Master’s from Harvard University.

Stephen Bird

Associate Professor,

Clarkson University

Chris Bloomer is the President and CEO of the Canadian

Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA). With more than 30 years

of experience in the domestic and international energy

business, Mr. Bloomer leads the industry association that

represents Canada’s transmission pipeline companies, which

operate 134,000 kilometres of pipeline in Canada and the

United States. Prior to being appointed President and CEO of

CEPA in 2015, Chris spent three years as CEO and Director at

Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. Before that, he was an executive

with Petrobank Energy and Resources for 10 years, providing

leadership throughout the company’s corporate evolution.

Chris Bloomer

President and CEO,

CEPA


Bruce Cameron has more than 40 years’ experience in

public policy critique, analysis and development. Bruce

Cameron is the former Executive Director of Electricity,

Renewables, and Efficiency with the Nova Scotia

Department of Energy. He has developed policy leadership

in the areas of electricity, renewable energy – particularly in

the area of in-stream tidal energy, and energy regulatory

development – particularly in offshore oil and gas as well as

marine renewables. Based upon significance experience in

public consultation, policy and strategy development, Bruce

can advise on policy options, alternatives and

implementation strategies for public and private sector

interests.

Bruce Cameron

Former Exec. Dir.,

NS Dept. of Energy

The Honorable James Carr is the Minister of Natural

Resources of the Government of Canada. Minister Carr has

been a dedicated business and community leader in Winnipeg

for more than 30 years. He began his career as a musician, as

an oboist and trustee with the Winnipeg Symphony

Orchestra. He then moved on to journalism, working as an

editorial writer and columnist with the Winnipeg Free Press

as well as for CBC Radio. In particular, Jim was one of the

architects of the ‘Winnipeg Consensus’ process, which

brought together Canadian think tanks and energy leaders,

and informed the Canadian Energy Strategy released in 2015

by Canada’s provinces and territories.

The Hon. James Carr

Minister of Natural

Resources, Canada


Dr. Sylvain Charbonneau is the Vice-President, Research,

of the University of Ottawa. Mr. Charbonneau received his

B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Ottawa and

his Ph.D. degree in Photonics – Semiconductor Physics from

Simon Fraser University, British Columbia in 1988. For a

period of 10 years, he was involved in a number of research

activities and led such development programs as wavelength

routing and switching for optical fiber communication systems

and more exploratory research efforts in nanophotonics. He

has published over 180 papers and has seventeen patents and

licenses in the field of photonics, nanotechnology and ICT. In

April 2013, Mr. Charbonneau took the position of Associate

VP, Research at the University of Ottawa.

Sylvain Charbonneau

VP, Research,

University of Ottawa

Mike Cleland is a private consultant with extensive

experience in energy and environment policy. He is at present

a Senior Fellow with Positive Energy at the University of

Ottawa, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Canadian

Energy Research Institute and a member of the Board of

Directors of QUEST (Quality Urban Energy Systems of

Tomorrow). He is formerly President and CEO of the

Canadian Gas Association. Prior to joining CGA, he was Senior

Vice-President Government Affairs for the Canadian

Electricity Association (CEA). Before joining CEA, he was

Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Energy Sector in the

Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).

Mike Cleland

Senior Fellow,

Positive Energy


Dave Collyer is an experienced strategic and operational

leader in the Canadian energy sector, with a strong focus on

integration of technical, economic and public policy

considerations in business decision-making. He currently

provides consulting services to the Canadian energy sector.

Mr. Collyer was President and CEO of the Canadian

Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) from

September 2008 until December 2014. Prior to joining

CAPP, Dave Collyer was President and Country Chair for

Shell in Canada. He also participated in a two-year Executive

Exchange assignment with the federal government in Ottawa

(1989 to 1991) as Director, Supply Branch at the National

Energy Board.

Dave Collyer

Former President,

CAPP

Lisa DeMarco is the senior partner at DeMarco Allan LLP

with over two decades of experience in law, regulation,

policy, and advocacy relating to energy and climate change.

Ms. DeMarco was previously a partner at Macleod Dixon

LLP from 2002 to 2012, and a partner at Norton Rose

Fulbright from 2012 to 2014. She represents several

governments, First Nations, and leading energy companies in

a wide variety of natural gas, electricity, pipeline and energy

storage matters before various regulatory agencies, including

the OEB and the National Energy Board. She has been an

adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, is a guest

lecturer at a number of law schools, and presents regularly.

Lisa DeMarco

Senior Partner,

DeMarco Allan LLP


Richard Dunn is Vice-President, Government Relations,

Canada at Encana, responsible for federal and provincial

government relations and policy development. Richard joined

one of Encana’s predecessor companies in 1986, where he held

various technical and leadership positions. Since the formation

of Encana in 2002, Richard has been significantly involved with

the formulation and implementation of strategies which have

stimulated increases in Canadian oil and natural gas activity.

Richard completed his undergraduate studies in Mechanical

Engineering at the University of British Columbia, and

obtained his Masters in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

from the University of Calgary.

Richard Dunn

Vice-President, Govt.

Rel., Canada, Encana

Allan Fogwill is the President and CEO of the Canadian

Energy Research Institute (CERI). An energy sector executive

with over 25 years of experience in both the public and private

sectors, Mr. Fogwill’s background has focused on economic

and market analysis of energy sector issues along with policy

development related to energy regulation and efficiency issues.

Mr. Fogwill has previously worked for natural gas distribution

companies in BC and Ontario and for the Ontario Energy

Board dealing with market analysis and the analysis of

distribution costs. Prior to assuming his role at CERI, Mr.

Fogwill provided regulatory consulting services to local

distribution companies in Ontario.

Allan Fogwill

President and CEO,

CERI


Dr. Monica Gattinger is Director of the Institute for

Science, Society and Policy, Associate Professor at the School

of Political Studies and Chair of Positive Energy at the

University of Ottawa. Professor Gattinger’s research and

engagement focus on strengthening governance, public

policy and regulation in the context of fast-paced innovation,

technological change and markets, fundamental social and

value change, and lower public trust in government, industry,

science and expertise. She explores these issues principally in

the energy and cultural policy sectors. Gattinger is a Fellow

at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a a member of

the Advisory Councils for Pollution Probe's Energy Exchange

and Energy Ambassadors initiatives.

Monica Gattinger

Chair,

Positive Energy

Jeff Gaulin is the Vice President, Communications at the

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. He is

responsible for enhancing public confidence in Canada’s oil

and gas sector so industry can meet the growing demand for

energy among Canadians and around the world. In his 20

year career, Mr. Gaulin has worked across Canada in a variety

of sectors – on environment, electricity, beer, health care,

newspapers and television. Prior to CAPP, Mr. Gaulin was

Vice-President, Marketing, Communications & Government

Relations at Tervita Corporation. Over his tenure he

successfully led a cultural and brand transformation for

Canada’s largest energy and environmental services

company.

Jeff Gaulin

VP, Communications,

CAPP


Ted Gruetzner is Vice-President, Stakeholder Relations at

Ontario Power Generation (OPG), Ontario’s publicly-owned

electricity generating company. In his role as Vice-President,

Ted oversees a staff of more than 50 people and is responsible

for the company’s First Nations and Community relationships

across the province. He’s held a variety of positions in the

energy industry, including managing the community outreach

during the construction of a power plant in downtown Toronto.

While this plant was at first controversial, the company’s

ongoing commitment to community engagement has allowed

the station to become part of the neighbourhood.

Ted Gruetzner

VP, Stakeholder

Relations, OPG

Chris Henderson is the President of Lumos Energy. He is

one of the preeminent advisors and commentators on Canada’s

transition towards a clean energy future, informed through

extensive project and market experience across the country,

notably with Indigenous communities. Previously, Chris was

Co-Founder and CEO of The Delphi Group. Currently, he also

serves as: Board Chair of the Globe Series of Conferences;

Board Member of Ontario’s Independent Electricity System

Operator (IESO), Member of the Editorial Board of the

Energy Exchange Magazine; and Ambassador for the Arctic

Inspiration Prize.

Chris Henderson

President,

Lumos Energy


Robert Hornung has been the President of the Canadian

Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) since 2003. CanWEA’s

200 corporate members include wind energy project

developers, owners and operators, wind turbine

manufacturers and component suppliers and a broad range of

service providers to the industry. Robert is also a member of

the Board of the Global Wind Energy Council. Prior to

joining CanWEA, Robert previously worked with the

Pembina Institute, Environment Canada, the Organization

for Economic Co-operation and Development and Friends of

the Earth Canada.

Robert Hornung

President,

CanWEA

Ian Jarvis is the Chief Operating Officer of the BC Utilities

Commission. Prior to joining BCUC, Ian was the CEO of

TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s public transportation authority

and prior to that he held other senior positions within

TransLink and Metro Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor of

Commerce from the University of British Columbia as well

as a CPA-CA and ICD.D designations. He is an active

volunteer in his community, as the President of the Surrey

Urban Mission Society that operates a community kitchen

and shelter. He also serves on the board of Credit

Counselling Canada that represents and advocates for not-for

-profit financial counselling and Uniti that supports

individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families.

Ian Jarvis

Chief Operating Officer,

BCUC


Yiota Kokkinos was appointed Director General in the

Energy Sector of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in April

2017. She provides direct support to the Assistant Deputy

Minister for Energy on energy policy and leads on

international energy policy issues and initiatives. Prior to her

appointment, Ms. Kokkinos was the Director General of the

Office of Energy Research and Development at NRCan,

responsible for energy innovation policy, and managing and

coordinating federal energy research and development

investments and activities. She has also served as Executive

Director of Strategic Planning, in the Priorities and Planning

Sector of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).

Yiota Kokkinos

DG, International

Energy Branch, NRCan

Barbra Korol is the Executive Director, Strategic Policy

Branch, Alberta Department of Energy. As a steward of

Alberta's energy system, the Department of Energy and its

leadership team take a proactive approach to engaging the

many perspectives, relationships and interactions within

Government, industry and stakeholders. Ms. Korol leads a

professional services branch which supports and enhances

strategic capacity at Alberta Energy. She also provides

leadership, strategic direction and translates Alberta's interests

on intergovernmental energy processes. Barbra Korol

Executive Director,

Alberta Energy


Louis Legault was admitted to the Barreau du Québec in

1988. He has had an extensive general litigation practice,

including regulatory work within Hydro-Québec’s legal

department, of which he was head of litigation from 2001 to

2003. Since 2008, Mr. Legault has been with the Régie de

l’énergie as Commission Counsel and was appointed General

Counsel of the Régie in October of 2012. Mr. Legault is also

a Member of the Barreau du Québec’s Disciplinary Committee,

Chair of Canada's Energy and Utility Regulators

(CAMPUT), Member of Québec’s Municipal Commission’s

Independent Committee charged with establishing the list of

ethics Advisors in Municipal matters and is a member of the

Montreal Barr Liaison Committee with the Régie de l’énergie.

Louis Legault

Chair,

CAMPUT

Corrina Leween was first elected Chief of the Cheslatta

Carrier Nation on May 23, 2003, the youngest Cheslatta

person and third woman ever to hold that position. She has

served four terms, being re-elected by acclamation as Chief

in 2015 and again in 2017. Chief Leween was appointed Vice

Chair of the First Nations Major Projects Coalition in 2015.

A graduate of the University of Victoria, Chief Leween has

many years experience in First Nations governance. Her

leadership has been a dynamic force in local and regional

economic development initiatives and has helped to make the

Cheslatta Carrier Nation a driving force in the northern BC

economy.

Corrina Leween

Chief,

Cheslatta Carrier Nation


Guy Lonechild is a member of the White Bear First Nation,

and is Cree and Assiniboine. Priori to becoming CEO of the

First Nations Power Authority and being elected Second Vice-

Chief for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations of

Saskatchewan (FSIN), Guy served as Band Manager for the

White Bear First Nation and acted as a consultant for Myers &

Norris & Penny, Chartered Accountants, First Nations

Services. His previous experience also includes Technical

Advisor to First Nations Education & Training, Indian Resource

Council of Canada, a consultant for the White Bear First

Nation Oil & Gas Management Initiative, Indian Oil & Gas

Canada.

Guy Lonechild

CEO, First Nations

Power Authority

Nik Nanos leads Nanos Research, one of North America’s

most distinguished research companies. He is one of Canada’s

most trusted pollsters and is regularly called upon by senior

decision-makers to conduct research and provide strategic

counsel. Recognized as a leader in the market and public

opinion research industry, he has led over 1,000 quantitative

and qualitative research projects using telephone, online and in

-person data collection methods. As the founder and President

of Nanos Research, Nik has among the strongest election

research track records in Canada. Mr. Nanos is also featured in

a weekly segment on CTV’s “PowerPlay, Nanos on the

Numbers,” which focuses on the latest political, business and

social trends.

Nik Nanos

Chair and CEO,

Nanos Research


Rachel Notley is the 17th and current Premier of Alberta,

since 2015. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of

Alberta for Edmonton-Strathcona, and leader of the Alberta

New Democratic Party. The daughter of former Alberta NDP

leader Grant Notley, Notley's career before politics focused

on labour law, with a specialty in workers' compensation

advocacy and workplace health and safety issues. Ms. Notley

won the Alberta New Democrat leadership election on the

first ballot with 70% of the vote and went on to lead the

party to a majority victory in the 2015 provincial election.

Notley leads the first NDP government in the history of the

province and is the first non-Progressive Conservative

Premier of Alberta in forty-seven years.

The Hon. Rachel Notley

Premier of Alberta

Dr. Bryson Robertson is an Adjunct Professor at the

Department of Mechanical Engineering and serves as the

Manager for the 2060 Project and Pacific Regional Institute

for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) in the Institute for

Integrated Energy Systems at the University of Victoria. His

research interests include energy systems analysis, renewable

energy, and shallow water marine coastal processes. With

over a decade of experience in energy systems, renewable

energies, oceanographic measurements and coastal

engineering, Bryson manages two teams of students, all

committed to developing the next generation of tools and

techniques to better understand our future energy system.

Bryson Robertson

Positive Energy, Prof.,

University of Victoria


David Runnalls is a Senior Fellow of the Smart Prosperity

Institute and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of the

Environment at the University of Ottawa. He is also

Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International

Governance Innovation. He was President and remains

Distinguished Fellow at the International Institute for

Sustainable Development. He is the Board President of the

Pembina Institute in Calgary and of the International Centre

for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva. He is a

member of the CSR Advisory Council of Export Development

Canada.

David Runnalls

Board President,

Pembina Institute

Liane Sauer is the Director General (DG), Strategic Planning

with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and is

responsible for strategic policy, Indigenous Consultations,

international, research, evaluation, and planning and

performance. Prior to this, Ms. Sauer was the DG, Corporate

Governance and Accountability with the Canada Border

Services Agency (CBSA) and was the Agency’s Chief Risk

Officer. Ms. Sauer is the Chair of the Standards Council

Canada/CSA Group’s harmonized Risk Management Technical

Committee and has represented Canada at the ISO level for the

past four five. Ms. Sauer has a Masters of Science in

International Relations from the London School of Economics.

Liane Sauer

DG, Strategic Planning,

CNSC


Dr. Vicky Sharpe has served on multiple boards, having

obtained her ICD.D designation in 2005. Her focus is on

integrating sustainability into business and governance

practices and as such she joined the QUEST (Quality Urban

Energy Systems of Tomorrow) Board in 2014 whose vision is

to make every community in Canada a Smart Energy

Community by 2030. Vicky was the Founding President &

CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada

(SDTC), and while CEO, she increased the public funding

pool from $100 million in 2001 to over $1.4 billion in 2014,

and mobilized private sector capital resulting in more than

$4 billion of investments for projects and commercialization

activities.

Vicky Sharpe

Board Member, QUEST

Dr. Louis Simard is an Associate Professor in the School of

Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. His research

focuses on public participation, instruments of public action,

social acceptability and organizational learning in the

environmental and energy sectors. Dr. Simard is the coeditor

(with Laurence Bherer and Mario Gauthier) of the book The

Professionalization of Public Participation (2017), NY,

Routledge. His current work focuses on the evolution of

social acceptability and public participation tools in Québec.

Dr. Simard holds a Master’s degree in political science from

the University of Québec in Montreal and a PhD in sociology

from the Institut d’études politiques in Paris (2003).

Louis Simard

Positive Energy, Prof.,

University of Ottawa


Doug Suttles joined Encana as President & CEO in June

2013. With over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas

industry in various engineering and leadership roles, he is

responsible for the overall success of Encana and for creating,

planning, implementing and integrating the strategic direction

of the organization. Before joining Encana, Doug held a

number of senior leadership posts at BP, including Chief

Operating Officer, BP Exploration & Production, and

President, BP Alaska. He was a member of the board of BP

America as well as the BP America Operations Advisory Board.

Previously, Doug served as President of BP Sakhalin Inc.,

where he was responsible for BP's activities in Sakhalin, Russia.

Doug Suttles

President and CEO,

Encana Corporation

Ralph Torrie is principal of Torrie Smith Associates and a

senior associate of the University of Calgary Canadian Energy

Systems Analysis Research (CESAR) initiative. Mr. Torrie is an

energy systems expert and a thought leader in the field of

sustainable development. He codirected the first assessment of

the long term potential for energy efficiency and renewable

energy in Canada, and he represented Canadian environment,

anti-poverty and peace organizations before the World

Commission on Environment and Development. He pioneered

the conventions now used by local governments around the

world in their climate change response strategies, and he

conducted Canada’s first low carbon scenario analysis – the

first such analysis done anywhere.

Ralph Torrie

Senior Associate, CESAR,

University of Calgary


Stephanie Trudeau is Senior Vice-President Regulatory,

Customers and Communities at Énergir, the new Gaz Métro.

When she was appointed Vice-President in October 2012,

she was given responsibility for Sustainable Development and

Public and Governmental Affairs. Marketing and Innovation

and Customer Services were added to her responsibilities in

the spring of 2013, Regulatory Affairs and Rate Structure in

October 2016, and Sales and Market Development in

January 2017. A communications expert and seasoned

strategist, she is as comfortable with strategic and political

matters as she is with crisis management as well as

communications.

Stephanie Trudeau

Senior Vice-President,

Énergir

Bob Watts is a graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of

Government, Harvard University, and fellow at the Harvard

Law School. Mr. Watts has been involved in Indigenous issues

for more than 30 years. He is adjunct professor and

Distinguished Fellow at Queens University in the School of

Policy Studies and is a member of the Leadership Council to

McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International

Development Relations. He is also the Vice-President of

Indigenous Relations at the Nuclear Waste Management

Organization (NWMO). Previously, he was Chief of Staff and

Chief Executive Officer for the Assembly of First Nations

(AFN). Robert Watts is of Mohawk and Ojibway ancestry

and resides at the Six Nations Reserve.

Bob Watts

VP, Indigenous

Relations, NWMO

Positive Energy’s financial supporters include:

¼ Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

¼ Canadian Gas Association

¼ Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

¼ Cenovus

¼ Encana

¼ Natural Resources Canada

Nanos Research is our official pollster and our national media partner is The Globe and Mail.

ABOUT POSITIVE ENERGY

The University of Ottawa’s Positive Energy project seeks to strengthen public confidence in Canadian energy policy, regulation and decision-making through evidence-based research and analysis, engagement and recommendations for action.

¼ Alberta Energy

¼ Alberta Energy Regulator

¼ British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission

¼ British Columbia Utilities Commission

¼ Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

¼ Canadian Electricity Association

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