Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament 2001-02
Chair: The Honourable E. LEO KOLBER
Thursday June 6, 2002
Issue No. 46
Second meeting on: Bill C-47, An Act respecting the taxation of spirits, wine and tobacco and the treatment of ships' stores
INCLUDING: THE SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-47)
WITNESSES:
From the Canadian Vintners Association:
Mr. C. William Ross, President.
From the Department of Finance:
Mr. Brian Willis, Senior Chief, Excise Act, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;
Ms Patricia Malone, Chief, Excise Act Review, 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:
Adams, Angus, Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Day, Kelleher, P.C., Kroft, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Meighen, Robichaud, P.C., Rompkey, P.C., Stratton.
*Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Changes of membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Day substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (June 6, 2002).
The names of the Honourable Senators Adams, Cordy, Robichaud and Rompkey substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Fitzpatrick, Hervieux-Payette, Poulin and Setlakwe (June 6, 2002).