Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and
Commerce
First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98
Chairman: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY
Vancouver, Wednesday, October 28, 1998 (9:00 a.m.)
Vancouver,
Wednesday, October 28, 1998 (2:00 p.m.)
Vancouver, Wednesday, October 28,
1998 (6:00 p.m.)
Issue No. 34
Forty-seventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth meetings on: Examination of the present state of the financial system in Canada (Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector)
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (morning sitting) (189K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (afternoon sitting) (145K)
WITNESSES:
Morning sitting
From Canadian Banking Ombudsman:
Mr. Michael Lauber, Ombudsman and Chief Executive Officer;
Ms Peggy-Anne Brown, Chair, Board of Directors.
From the British Columbia Task Force on Bank Mergers:
The Honourable Ian Waddell, Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture;
Mr. Ardath Paxton Mann, Director, Small Business and Co-operative Development Branch;
Ms Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Simon Fraser University.
From Northern Savings Credit Union:
Mr. Mike Tarr, President and Chief Executive Officer.
From the Citizen's Bank of Canada:
Ms Linda Crompton, President and Chief Executive Officer.
From Grand Forks District Savings Credit Union:
Ms Cathy Manson, General Manager.
From Vancouver City Savings Credit Union:
Mr. George Scott, Senior Vice-President, Marketing and Corporate Strategy.
From the University of British Columbia:
Professor David Bond, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration;
Professor Maurice Levi, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration.
Afternoon sitting
From the Credit Union Central of British Columbia:
Mr. Wayne A. Nygren, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Mr. Richard J. Thomas, Vice-President, Government Relations.
From the Fraser Institute:
Mr. Fazil Mihlar, Director of Regulatory Studies;
Mr. Jason Clemens, Policy Analyst.
From the Canadian Western Bank:
Mr. Larry M. Pollock, President and Chief Executive Officer.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chairman
The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chairman
and
The Honourable Senators:
Angus, Austin, P.C., Callbeck, * Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kelleher, P.C., Kenny, Kolber, Kroft, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella (acting)), Meighen, Oliver
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)