IAMC-TMX Terms of Reference, Amended December 2025
Press Release
Dec. 16, 2025
1. Defined terms in these Terms of Reference have the following meanings, which also include their singular and plural forms:
“CER” is the Canada Energy Regulator
“Committee” means the Trans Mountain Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee established by these Terms of Reference as detailed in section 24, as may be amended from time to time;
“Committee Members” means the Indigenous Caucus and the Government Committee Members;
“CPCN” means the new Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Instrument No. OC-065 issued to Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC in relation to the Project on 18 June 2019;
“DFO” means Fisheries and Oceans Canada, excluding the Canadian Coast Guard, a special operating agency within Fisheries and Oceans Canada;
“Government” means the Government of Canada, including its departments and agencies;
“Government Committee Members” are the representatives of federal government departments and agencies as contemplated by section 24(b);
“Indigenous Caucus” means the members of the Committee appointed by the Indigenous Communities;
“Indigenous Communities” are those Indigenous communities and groups to which the federal Crown determined it owes a duty to consult in relation to the Project, as set out in Appendix A;
“Lifecycle” includes the planning, application, construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment phases of a pipeline, a terminal and their associated works;
“Marine Terminal” means the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, BC;
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