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

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chairman: The Honourable E. LEO KOLBER

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Thursday, April 26, 2001

Issue No. 9

First Meeting on: Bill C-8, An Act to establish the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and to amend certain Acts in relation to financial institution

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (72K)

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APPEARING:

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

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WITNESSES:

From the Department of Finance:

Frank Swedlove, General Director, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Gerry Salembier, Director, Financial Institutions Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Rhoda Attwood, General Counsel, Legal Services.

From the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada:

Normand Bergevin, Director, Legislation and Regulations.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, Chairman

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chairman

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The Honourable Senators:

Angus, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Furey, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kelleher, P.C., Kolber, Kroft, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Meighen, Oliver, Poulin, Setlakwe, Tkachuk, Wiebe

* 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 names of the Honourable Senators Setlakwe and Wiebe substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Mahovlich and Fitzpatrick (April 26, 2001).

The names of the Honourable Senators Mahovlich, Fitzpatrick and Tkachuk substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Setlakwe, Wiebe and Lynch-Staunton (April 26, 2001).

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