It is quite timely that we are here having these debates around this legislation because it is consistent with actions we have taken quite recently in other areas of energy production, energy infrastructure and energy transportation.

The idea is simple: break down the barriers just enough so that this seemingly disparate community of influencers and stakeholders can collaborate for mutual value and agree to some needle-movers that would enable Canadians to benefit in every aspect of an alternative transportation energy supply chain that touches the economic well-being of many sectors, including energy, transportation, agriculture, technology, retail, and manufacturing, with different focuses by geography and utility.

EUROVOC descriptor: energy supply energy production approximation of laws single market energy transport energy distribution electrical energy

to encourage the development of the electricity and natural gas transportation networks in the Northern Dimension regions, thus contributing to the competitive operation of the EU internal market and to the security of energy supplies across Europe; to improve the coordination of energy production and supply, and to achieve full integration of the acceding countries in the EU priority axes for energy transportation;

The objective as regards sustainable development, global change and ecosystems (which includes research in the area of energy and transport), will be to implement sustainable development, taking in environmental, economic and social objectives, including renewable energies, transport and sustainable management of Europe's land and marine resources.

In many sectors changing production processes, a switch in energy sources, and improved energy efficiency have significantly reduced CO2 emissions but in transport these are growing faster than the economy This is because the increased production and consumption that is the result of economic growth leads to increased demand for transport services and in the last decade there has been a progressive shift towards road transport because other modes cannot compete in terms of price, ease or speed of delivery. The energy transport uses is almost entirely supplied from "polluting" fossil fuels, mainly oil.