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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Issue No. 15

Eighteenth and nineteenth meetings on:

Issues relating to the vertical and horizontal fiscal balances among the various orders of government in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 16, 2007 (71K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 29, 2007 (69K)

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WITNESSES:

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Association of Manitoba Municipalities:

Ron Bell, President;

Joe Masi, Executive Director.

As an individual (by video conference):

Enid Slack, Director, Institute of Municipal Finance and Governance, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (by video conference):

Doug Reycraft, President;

Brian Rosborough, Director of Policy.

As an individual:

Robert Gagné, Professor and Director, Institute of Applied Economics, École des haute etudes commerciales.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Nancy Ruth, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Biron, Di Nino, Eggleton, P.C., Fox, P.C., *Hervieux-Payette, P.C., (or Tardif), *LeBreton, P.C., (or Comeau), Mitchell, Murray, P.C., Ringuette, Rompkey, P.C., Stratton

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

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