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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on 
Banking, Trade and Commerce

Second Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chairman: The Honourable E. LEO KOLBER

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Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Issue No. 13

Thirteenth meeting on:

The present state of the domestic and international financial system

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (132K)

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WITNESSES:

From KPGM LLP Canada:

Bill MacKinnon, Chief Executive Officer;

Axel Thesberg, Partner in Charge, Professional Standards;

Peter Sahagian, General Counsel.

As an individual:

Peter Dey, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.

From Grant Thornton Canada:

Alex MacBeath, Chief Executive Officer;

Michel Lavigne, Chair of the Board;

Don Thomson, National Director of Professional Standards.

From Ernst & Young LLP:

Christine Sinclair, Partner, Financial Services Group.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, Chair

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Banks, Biron, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Hubley, Kelleher, P.C., Kroft, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Meighen, Moore, Oliver, Prud'homme, P.C., Setlakwe

*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 Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette (February 18, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick (February 18, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk susbstituted for that of the Honourable Senator Angus (February 19, 2003).

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