Past Session:

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996-97

Chairman: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY

Wednesday, February 26, 1997

Issue No. 19

Third and Fourth meetings on: Bill C-70, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts

APPEARING:

The Honourable Jane Stewart, P.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue

WITNESSES:

Morning meeting

From the Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association of Canada:

Mr. Bill Redmond, President, Bucas RV Centre, Calgary;

Mr. Ray Paré, National Tax Partner, B.D.O. Dunwoody, Toronto; and

Mr. Doug Wurtele, Consultant, Theydon Enterprises, Ottawa.

From the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association:

Mr. Huw Williams, Director, Public Affairs.

From the Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters:

Mr. Glen Pye, Chairman.

From the C.I. Mutual Funds Inc.:

Mr. Michael Killeen, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel.

From the Department of Finance:

Ms Marlene Legare, Chief, Legislation, Tax Policy Branch; and

Mr. Tim Norris, Tax Policy Officer, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.

From the Canadian Medical Association:

Dr. Judith Kazimirski, President;

Dr. Léo-Paul Landry, Secretary General; and

Mr. Glenn Brimacombe, Associate Director, Health Economics Research.

Afternoon meeting

From Revenue Canada:

Mr. Michael Burpee, Assistant Deputy Minister, Assessment and Collections Branch; and

Mr. William Baker, Director General, Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Directorate, Policy and Legislation Branch.

From the Department of Finance:

Ms Ruth Dantzer, Director, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.

From Statistics Canada:

Mr. Stewart Wells, Assistant Chief Statistician, National Accounts and Analytical Studies; and

Mr. Philip Smith, Director General, Project to Improve Provincial Economic Statistics (PIPES).

From the Office of the Auditor General of Canada:

Mr. L. Denis Desautels, Auditor General; and

Mr. John Hodgins, Principal, Audit Operations.

From Communications Canada:

Gaston Blais, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Arts and Heritage.

From Labour Canada:

Robert Cook, Legal Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chairman

The Honourable W. David Angus, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Austin, Buchanan, *Fairbairn, P.C. (or Graham), Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kenny, Kolber, *Lynch-Staunton, Meighen, Oliver, Perrault, P.C. St. Germain, P.C., Stewart

* Ex Officio Members