How Goverments Influence Energy Development – The Role of Policy and Regulation

Abstract The development of Canada’s energy resources supports our national prosperity, ensures our physical comfort, safety and security, gives us exceptional mobility and provides the raw materials that produce many of the goods we consume in our daily lives. The vast majority of our energy resources are owned by Canada’s federal and provincial governments on behalf of its citizens. Governments steward the development of these resources through the formation and implementation of legislation, policy and regulation to ensure that development occurs in an economically beneficial, environmentally responsible and safe and secure manner. This legislation, policy and regulation impacts every aspect of energy resource development and it will intersect your engineering career a myriad of ways and times. Speaker Dan McFadyen, Program Director, Extractive Resource Governance Program, The School of Public Policy Dan McFadyen joined The School of Public Policy as an Executive Fellow in September, 2013, and was appointed Program Director, Extractive Resource Governance Program at The School in June, 2014. He has served as Chairman and CEO of the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) from February 1, 2008 until December 2012. As Chairman, Mr. McFadyen was responsible for directing the ERCB’s regulatory mandate governing energy resource development in Alberta. Before joining the ERCB, he served as Alberta Deputy Minister of Energy from January 2006 to December 2008. Over the course of his distinguished career, Mr. McFadyen has served as Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy with the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, Deputy Minister of Energy in Nova Scotia and has held senior leadership positions with Saskatchewan public service.
Location:
Mechanical Engineering Building. Room 402
Speaker:
Dan McFadyen, Program Director, Extractive Resource Governance Program, The School of Public Policy
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