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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chairman: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY, P.C.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2001

Issue No. 14

First and last meeting on: Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Budget Implementation Act, 1997 and the Financial Administration Act

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (39K)

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APPEARING:

The Honourable Jim Peterson, P.C., M.P., Secretary of State

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WITNESSES:

From the Department of Finance:

Richard Botham, Chief, Knowledge Economy and Innovation, Economic and Corporate Finance Branch;

Bob Bartlett, Senior Analyst, Government Financing Section, Financial Markets Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., Chairman

The Honourable Isobel Finnerty, Deputy Chair

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The Honourable Senators:

Banks, Bolduc, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cools, De Bané, P.C., Doody, Ferretti Barth, Kinsella, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Stratton, Tunney

* 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 Kinsella was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Comeau (June 6, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C., was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (June 6, 2001).

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