Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98-99

Chairman: The Honourable TERRANCE R. STRATTON

Wednesday, June 2, 1999

Issue No. 34

Third meeting on: The examination of the Main Estimates, 1999-2000

First meeting on: Bill C-71, An Act to implement certain provisions of the Budget tabled in Parliament on February, 16, 1999

APPEARING:

Tony Ianno, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board

Tony Valeri, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance

WITNESSES:

Main Estimates, 1999-2000:

From the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Mr. Stephen Lane, Director, Expenditures Analysis.

Bill C-71:

From the Department of Finance:

Mr. Doug Wyatt, General Counsel, General Legal Services;

Ms Suzan Kalinowski, International Finance Officer, International Trade and Finance Branch;

Ms Sylvie Giroux, Tax Policy Officer, Tax Policy Branch;

Mr. Yves Giroux, Tax Policy Officer, Tax Policy Branch.

From the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Ms Linda Gobeil, Assistant Secretary, Labour Relations Division, Human Resources Branch.

From the Professional Institue of the Public Service of Canada:

Mr. Steve Hindle, President;

Mr. Robert McIntosh, Policy Advisor.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Terrance R. Stratton, Chairman

The Honourable Anne C. Cools, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bolduc, Cook, Eyton, Ferretti Barth, Fraser, * Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Johnstone, Lavoie-Roux, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Mahovlich, Moore, St. Germain, P.C.

* Ex Officio Members