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

Second Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1999-2000

Chair: The Honourable E. LEO KOLBER

Wednesday, September 20, 2000
Thursday, September 21, 2000

Issue No. 19

First and second meetings on: Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, a related Act, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Budget Implementation Act, 1997, the Budget Implementation Act, 1998, the Budget Implementation Act, 1999, the Canada Pension Plan, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, the Customs Act, the Customs Tariff, the Employment Insurance Act, the Excise Act, the Income Tax Act, the Tax Court of Canada Act and the Unemployment Insurance Act

INCLUDING: THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-24)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Ninth Report of the committee
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings for September 20, 2000 (80K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings for September 21, 2000 (15K)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Roy Cullen, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary of the Minister of Finance

WITNESSES: (See back cover)

Wednesday, September 20, 2000

From the Department of Finance:

Ms Marlene Legare, Senior Chief, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Mr. Brian Willis, Senior Chief, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.

From the Canadian Cancer Society:

Mr. Ken Kyle, Director of Public Issues;

Mr. Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst.

From the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society:

Dr. Roger A. Dufresne, Chairman, Committee on the GST;

Professor Charles M.T. Hanly, Member, Committee on the GST;

Dr. Arthur S. Leonoff, Member, Committee on the GST.

Thursday, September 21, 2000

From the Department of Finance:

Ms Marlene Legare, Senior Chief, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, Chair

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

* Boudreau, P.C. (or Hays), Furey, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kelleher, P.C., Kroft, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Meighen, Oliver, Poulin, Robichaud, P.C. (Saint-Louis-de-Kent), Stratton, Wiebe.

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

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

The name of the Honourable Senator Roberge is removed, substitution pending (September 8, 2000).

The name of the Honourable Senator Angus is added (September 12, 2000).

The name of the Honourable Senator Nolin is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mieghen (September 14, 2000).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Finnerty (September 19, 2000).

The name of the Honourable Senator Angus is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Stratton (September 20, 2000).

The name of the Honourable Senator Finnerty is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Robichaud (September 21, 2000).