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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, May 17, 2001

Issue No. 15

Seventh 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

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (119K)

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WITNESSES:

From Simon Fraser University:

Professor John Chant, Department of Economics.

From the Competition Bureau, Industry Canada:

Konrad GV von Finckenstein, Commissioner of Competition;

Richard Annan, A/Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition;

Gerry Birks, Competition Law Officer.

From the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation:

Ronald N. Robertson, Chairman of the Board;

Jean Pierre Sabourin, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Guy L. Saint-Pierre, Senior Vice-President, Insurance and Risk assessment.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, Chairman

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chairman

and

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 name of the Honourable Senator Kroft substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercier (May 17, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Poulin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Taylor (May 17, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mercier substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kroft (May 17, 2001).

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