Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98

Chairman: The Honourable TERRANCE R. STRATTON

Monday, June 15, 1998

Issue No. 16

Fourth and fifth meetings on: Bill C-36, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 24, 1998

INCLUDING: THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-36)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Paul Martin, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance

WITNESSES:

From the Department of Finance:

Ms Jan Elliott, Assistant Director, Social Policy Division; and

Mr. Marc Grandisson, Senior Tax Policy Officer, Intergovernmental Tax Policy Division, Tax Policy Branch.

From the Department of Justice:

Mr. Yvon Carrière, Counsel, Tax Counsel Division, Law Branch.

From the Canadian Cancer Society:

Mr. Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst.

From Kamloops Indian Band:

Ms Alice McCaleb;

Mr. Kelly Harvey Ross, Advisor;

Mr. Roger Obonsawin, The O.I. Group of Companies;

Mr. Eugene Meehan, Lang Michener, Barristers & Solicitors.

From the Confédération des syndicats nationaux:

Mr. Gérald Larose, President;

Mr. Pierre Patry; President, Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec;

Mr. Pierre Bonnet, Advisor; and

Mr. Eric Morin, President, National Youth Committee.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Terrance R. Stratton, Chairman

The Honourable Anne C. Cools, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bolduc, Bryden, Forest, * Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Lavoie-Roux, Losier-Cool, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella (acting), Mercier, Moore, Rivest, Sparrow, Tkachuk

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to Rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows: