1. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Western Canada Report Western Leadership Group September 26, 2014

2. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Alberta Political Focus  New Premier, new Cabinet, new DMs  New cabinet ministers  PC party in election mode  Opposition positioning as government in waiting  Key public pressures continue to be health, infrastructure, education

3. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Alberta Political Focus Premier Jim Prentice Minister Robin Campbell Finance President of Treasury Board Minister Frank Oberle Minister of Energy Minister Kyle Fawcett Environment & Sust. Resource Dev. Minister Donald Scott Innovation & Advanced Education

4. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Alberta Energy & Innovation Focus  Working as a value-add team  Attracting new investment  Review of various industrial sectors  Be more consultative/collaborative  Priority on value chains that benefit a broader swath of Albertans

5. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Focus Areas – CIAC Business & Economics  Chemistry Literacy – continues  CIAC Board – Edmonton, June  Alberta Chemistry Day in October  MLA Reception in March/April

6. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Wildrose  Meeting with Wildrose  Leader, Energy Critic, Party President, Communications lead  Awareness – CIAC 101

7. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Current Key Environmental Issues  Climate Change –Alberta policy direction will be defined by the new premier – status quo  AQMS – we are avoiding reg/reporting duplication  Sept 19 meeting of CIAC members with AESRD ADM Shannon Flint to discuss these issues  Toxics Legislation On the back burner, lurking in the background Chemical Elimination Substitution Reduction is RC Chemicals Management is our message But if this is health and safety focus, no fed interest; becomes a non-issue

8. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Other CIAC Involvement  CASA Electricity Framework Review with implications for co-gen NOx control Odour Management Project Team – concern that odour may take precedent for objectives versus health and environmental effects Non-point sources – moving forward in establishing project team. NPS inclusion is important for cumulative effects considerations

9. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA BC Government Liberal government focus: Economic development, namely LNG projects and value-add to natural gas resource Supports the “Jobs and Family” platform Climate change and environment taking a lower profile than in the past Balancing pressures of spending and declining revenues with budget requirements

10. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA BC Value-Add  BC competitiveness scorecard  BCBC (main partner in advocacy)  Major Power Consumers Association of BC  Key Ministries Natural Gas Development Energy and Natural Resources Jobs, Training and Innovation Finance

11. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA BC Environment  Water Sustainability Act New act replaces parts of many others Modernization of water allocation  Land-Based Spill Preparedness and Response User pay regime proposed  Environmental Assessment Process Alignment with Federal processes

12. CHEMISTRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Discussion  Questions?  Comments?