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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable DONALD H. OLIVER

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Monday, March 7, 2005

Issue No. 12

Second meeting on:

Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (fiscal equalization payments to the provinces and funding to the territories)

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (85K)

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APPEARING:

The Honourable Harry Van Mulligen, Minister of Finance, Government of Saskatchewan

The Honourable Mitchell Murphy, Provincial Treasurer, Government of Prince Edward Island

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WITNESSES:

Government of Saskatchewan:

Ron Styles, Deputy Minister, Department of Finance.

Government of Prince Edward Island:

John Palmer, Director of Economics, Statistics and Federal Fiscal Relations.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Chair

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Comeau, Cools, Downe, Ferretti Barth, Harb, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Massicotte, Murray, P.C., Ringuette, Stollery, Stratton

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Massicotte is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Biron (March 7, 2005).

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