Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
National Finance
Third Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2004
Chair: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY, P.C.
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Issue No. 5
First and final meeting on: Bill C-27, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 2005
and
Fourth meeting on: Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005
INCLUDING: THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-27)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Seventh Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 30 meeting (43K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 31 meeting (79K)
WITNESSES:
March 30 meeting
From the Treasury Board of Canada:
Jim Judd, Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada;
Mike Joyce, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure and Management Strategies Sector.
March 31 meeting
From Queen's University:
Dr. Harvey Lazar, Director, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Deputy Chair
and
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)
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 Mercer is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Day (March 29, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Gauthier (March 29, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth (March 30, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (March 30, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Day is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercer (March 30, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley is removed (March 30, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Mercer is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth (March 31, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Downe (March 31, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Banks is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Biron (March 31, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., is added (March 31, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Finnerty (March 31, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercer (April 1, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Downe is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Hubley (April 1, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Biron is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Banks (April 1, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., is removed (April 1, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Finnerty is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (April 1, 2004).