CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) Québec Leadership Group Meeting May 12, 2014 Quebec Report

CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Political Overview  Liberals back with a majority government:  Quebec Liberal Party 70 MP 41,5 %  Parti Québécois 30 MP25,4 %  Coalition avenir Québec 20 MP23,1 %  Québec Solidaire 3 MP 7,6 %  New Prime Minister vision and challenges « Mandate is firstly one of economic and financial recovery.»  We must continue to invest in our infrastructure,  We must refocus the Government on its essential missions: health, education, and assistance to vulnerable people.

CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA B&E committee highlights  Government priorities:  Recovery of public finances bring Quebec to a balanced budget;  Using surplus for debt reduction and the other half for tax reduction;  Reduce the tax burden to restore confidence of investors;  Review of business taxation

CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA B&E committee highlights  Committee action plan and priorities of its interventions with the new Government;  Communication strategy and government relationship;  Competitiveness Scorecard ;

CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Environmental Quality Committee  Committee structure;  2 meetings with CIAC / MDDEFP Joint Committee  2 meetings annually  Co-chairs: Jean-Francois Roux ERCO & Bertin Ouellet OLIN  Link with the NEQC  Partnership with CPEQ

CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Environmental Quality Committee  Environmental issues:  Water policy and Regulation respecting the charges payable for the use of water; Back to square one with a new minister, David Heurtel;  Climate changes: Advisory Committee in climate change to develop a plan of action to achieve a reduction of the GHG emissions by 20% by 2020 and to develop California and Quebec a cape and trade market place.

CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Environmental Quality Committee  Environmental issues:  Air quality regulation;  Contaminated soils and sites;  Regulation on hazardous waste disposal  Depollution attestation;  Government Strategy on Sustainable Development ;  BNQ before year-end.

CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA OH&S and SHARE activities :  Co-chairs: Claude Brousseau d’Arkema et Jean Ouellet d’Erco Mondial  Last meeting: October 31th 2013 at Erco Mondial; Buckingham  Last SHARE meeting in Toronto April 16, 2014: Members for Quebec have participated via webinar

CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA TransCAER Anything more to discus ??