Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chairman: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY, P.C.

Tuesday, June 12, 2001

Issue No. 16

The Third and Final Meeting on: Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Budget Implementation Act, 1997 and the Financial Administration Act)
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act)
THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Second Interim Report on the 2001-2002 Estimates)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Joan Marie Aylward, Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

WITNESSES:

From the Department of Finance of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador:

Terry Paddon, Assistant Deputy Minister, Taxation and Fiscal Policy.

From the Department of Finance of the Government of Manitoba:

Ron Neumann, Director of Intergovernmental Finance.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

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.), Cools, Doody, Ferretti Barth, Kinsella, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Rompkey, Stratton, Taylor, 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 Rompkey is removed -- substitution pending (June 12, 2001)

The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Taylor (June 12, 2001)

The name of the Honourable Senator Taylor substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (June 11, 2001)

The name of the Honourable Senator Rompkey is added to the list of members (June 11, 2001)

The name of the Honourable Senator Kinsella substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Comeau (June 8, 2001)

The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Finestone (June 8, 2001)

The name of the Honourable Senator Tunney substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fraser (June 8, 2001)

The name of the Honourable Senator Rompkey is removed -- substitution pending (June 8, 2001)