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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Third Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2004

Chair: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY, P.C.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Issue No. 4

First and final meeting on:
Bill C-18, An Act respecting equalization and authorizing the Minister of Finance to make certain payments related to health

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Third meeting on:
Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005

INCLUDING:
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-18 and Interim Report on the Estimates for 2004-05)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Fifth and Sixth Reports of the Committee
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (27K)
• Appendix (opening remarks of the Parliamentary Secretary)

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APPEARING:

The Honourable John McKay, P.C., M.P.,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance

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WITNESSES:

From the Department of Finance:

Ms. Natasha Rascanin, Senior Chief, Federal-Provincial Relations Division;

Ms. Krista Campbell, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal-Provincial Relations Division;

Ms. Clare Scullion, General Counsel, General Legal Services.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Deputy Chair

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The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Biron, Comeau, Doody, Downe, Ferretti Barth, Finnerty, Furey, Gauthier, *Lynch-Staunton, (or Kinsella), Oliver, Ringuette

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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