ENVI Committee Study – Heritage Preservation and Protection in Canada – What you need to know

ENVI Committee Study – Transcripts and National Trust Brief

House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) held hearings on Heritage Preservation and Protection in Canada.

In addition to witness testimony from staff, the National Trust also provided a supplementary brief. You can find it here.

For further background on witness testimony at ENVI committee, please see the transcript links for the nine meetings below:

September 19, 2017

• Joëlle Montminy (Vice-President, Indigenous Affairs and Cultural Heritage Directorate, Parks Canada)
• Natalie Bull (Executive Director, National Trust for Canada)
• Richard M. Always (Chair, Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada)
• Martin Magne (As an Individual)

September 21, 2017

• Gordon Bennett (As an Individual)
• Christina Cameron (Professor and Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage)
• Andrew Waldron (National Heritage Conservation Manager, Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions)
• Christophe Rivet (President, ICOMOS Canada)
• Ry Moran (Director, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

September 26, 2017

• Paul Berg-Dick (Consulting Tax Economist, MEKA and Associates)
• Shannon Prince (Buxton National Historic Site and Museum)
• Mark Thompson Brandt (Senior Conservation Architect and Urbanist, MTBA Associates

September 28, 2017

• Julian Smith (Director, Centre for Cultural Landscape, Willowbank)
• Chris Wiebe (Manager, Heritage Policy & Government Relations, National Trust for Canada)
• Karen Aird (President, Indigenous Heritage Circle)
• Madeleine Redfern (Director, Indigenous Heritage Circle)

October 3, 2017

• Jacques Archambault (Executive Director, The Canadian Heritage of Quebec)
• David J. Brown (Executive Vice-President, National Trust for Historic Preservation)
• Robert Eisenberg (Partner, York Heritage Properties)

October 5, 2017

• Lisa Prosper (As an Individual)
• Genevieve Charrois (Director, Cultural Heritage Policies, Parks Canada Agency)
• Norman Shields (Manager, Heritage Designations, Parks Canada Agency)

October 17, 2017 (Bill C-323, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (rehabilitation of historic property)

• Peter Van Loan (P.C., M.P., York – Simcoe)
• Blaine Langdon (Chief, Charities, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch)
• Pierre LeBlanc (Director, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance)
• Joëlle Montminy (Vice-President, Indigenous Affairs and Cultural Heritage Directorate, Parks Canada Agency)
• Genevieve Charrois (Director, Cultural Heritage Policies, Parks Canada Agency)

October 19, 2017

• Kevin Radford (Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property, PSPC)
• Robert A. Wright (Assistant Deputy Minister, Parliamentary Precinct, PSPC)
• Kathleen Owens (Assistant Comptroller General, Acquired Services and Assets Sector, Office of the Comptroller General of Canada)
• Genevieve Charrois (Director, Cultural Heritage Policies, Parks Canada Agency)

October 24, 2017 (Bill C-323, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (rehabilitation of historic property)

• Jean-Denis Fréchette (Parliamentary Budget Officer, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer)
• Mark Mahabir (Director of Policy and General Counsel, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer)
• Govindadeva Bernier (Financial Analyst, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer)
• Leonard Farber (Senior Advisor, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada)