Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and
Commerce
First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98
Chairman: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY
Tuesday, December 8, 1998
Wednesday, December 16, 1998
Issue No. 43
First and only meeting on: Bill C-53, An Act to increase the availability of financing for the establishment, expansion, modernization and improvement of small businesses
Sixty-third meeting on: Examination of the present state of the financial system in Canada
INCLUDING: THE NINETEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-53)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Nineteenth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (45K)
WITNESSES:
December 8, 1998
From the Department of Industry Canada:
Mr. Andrei Sulzenko, Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry and Science Policy;
Mr. Robert Dunlop, Director General, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Office;
Mr. Serge Croteau, Director General, Programs and Services Branch;
Mr. Peter Webber, Team Leader, Small Business Financing;
Ms Lenore Scanlon, Lawyer, Commercial Law.
December 16, 1998
From the Department of Industry Canada:
Mr. Konrad von Finckenstein, Director of Investigation and Research, Competition Bureau;
Mr. Denis Corriveau, Analyst;
Mr. Richard Annan, Senior Commerce Officer;
Mr. Roy Pierce, Analyst.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chairman
The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chairman
and
The Honourable Senators:
Angus, Austin, P.C. ,* Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kelleher, P.C., Kenny, Kolber, Kroft, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella (acting)), Meighen, Oliver, Stewart
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Meighen substituted for that of the Honourable Senator St. Germain (December 8, 1998).
The name of the Honourable Senator Kroft substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Callbeck (December 8, 1998).
The name of the Honourable Senator Kolber substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kroft (December 7, 1998).
The name of the Honourable Senator Kenny substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Stollery (December 7, 1998).
The name of the Honourable Senator Kirby substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Perrault (December 7, 1998).
The name of the Honourable Senator Austin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Maloney (December 7, 1998).