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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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Thursday, June 7, 2001

Issue No. 15

Second meeting on: Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (54K)

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APPEARING:

The Honourable Paul Martin, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance

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WITNESS:

From the Department of Finance:

Susan Peterson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal- Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTE

The Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., Chairman

The Honourable Isobel Finnerty, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Banks, Bolduc, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Comeau, Cools, Doody, Ferretti Barth, Finestone, P.C., Fraser, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Stratton

* 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 Comeau substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kinsella (June 7, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Finestone, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (June 7, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fraser substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Tunney (June 7, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C. is added to the list of members (June 7, 2001).

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