ENV250Y5 Lecture 17: Lecture 17.2 Notes
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Lecture 17. 2 notes canadian energy policy and politics. Gas: north-south orientation, transcanada system pipeline east to west, want to convert to carry oil and want to extend to st. johns, newfoundland. Interprovincial and international trade: promoting energy development, vehicle efficiency standards, efficiency rebates, nuclear energy, enforcing existing federal laws canadian environment protection act (cepa), sara, canadian environmental. Assessment act: compliance with trade agreements nafta, resource development in certain areas in the north some co-managed with territories or first nations, shared responsibility for offshore oil and gas in maritimes. Owners of the resources provincial crown leases out the right to extract energy to energy companies. Provincial responsibilities energy: regulate the development of energy resources, regulate electricity generation, transmission, and distribution, building codes, energy efficiency standards. National energy board: created in the wake of suez crisis in 1956 where the suez canal was blocked and oil shipments from the middle.
