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

Second Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1999

Chairman: The Honourable E. LEO KOLBER

Wednesday, December 1, 1999
Thursday, December 2, 1999

Issue No. 2

First and only meeting on: Bill S-3, An Act to implement an agreement, conventions and protocols between Canada and Kyrgyztan, Lebanon, Algeria, Bulgaria, Portugal, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Japan and Luxembourg for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and Third meeting on: Examination of the present state of the domestic and international financial system (Export Development Corporation)

APPEARING:

Mr. Roy Cullen, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, December 1, 1999

From the Department of Finance:

Mr. Brian J. Ernewien, Director, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Mr. David Sénecal, Acting Chief, Tax Treaties, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch.

From Canada Customs and Revenue:

Mr. Gary Zed, Deputy Director General, International Tax Directorate, Verification, Enforcement and Compliance Research Branch;

Mr. André Lamarche, Manager, Exchange of Information and Simultaneous Audit, International Tax Directorate, Verification, Enforcement and Compliance Research Branch;

Mr. Ross Kauffman, Senior Policy Analyst, International Legislative Affairs Section, Legislative Policy Division;

Ms Sandra Goldberg, Legal Counsel, Legal Services Branch (CCRA), Department of Justice.

From the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade:

Ms Ann Collins, Director, Eastern Europe Division.

Thursday, December 2, 1999

From the Export Development Corporation:

Mr. A. Ian Gillespie, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Mr. Eric Siegel, Executive Vice-President, Medium and Long-Term Financial Services;

Mr. Gilles Ross, Senior Vice-President, Legal Services and Secretary;

Ms Louise Landry, Vice-President, Corporate Performance and Communications.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, Chairman

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Angus, * Boudreau, P.C. (or Hays), Fitzpatrick, Furey, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Joyal, P.C., Kelleher, P.C., Kenny, Kroft, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Meighen, Oliver

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

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