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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

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007

Issue No. 19

Fourth, fifth and sixth meetings on:

Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007

Twenty-second meeting on:

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

INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Issues relating to the vertical and horizontal fiscal balances among the various orders of government in Canada)
THE EIGHTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-52)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Lorne Albert Calvert, M.L.A.
Premier of Saskatchewan

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - Afternoon meeting

Government of Saskatchewan:

Dan Perrins, Deputy Minister to the Premier;

Dylan Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Government Relations.

Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants:

Kevin Dancey, President.

Coalition of Canadian Energy Trusts:

Marcel R. Coutu, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Oil Sands Limited.

Canadian Energy Infrastructure Group:

Robert (Bob) Michaleski, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pembina Pipeline Corporation.

Canada's Association for the 50 Plus:

Bill Gleberzon, Director of Government Relations;

Marguerite Alexander, member.

David Suzuki Foundation:

Pierre Sadik, Senior Policy Advisor, Sustainability Program.

Rick Hansen Foundation:

Dr. Marcel Dvorak, Head, Academic Division of Spine, Department of Orthopaedics, University of B.C.; and Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Chair in Spinal Cord Clinical Research.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - Evening meeting

As a panel:

The Honourable Patrick G. Binns, M.L.A.;

Paul Hobson, Professor, Acadia University;

Wade Locke, Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Nancy Ruth, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Biron, Cowan, Di Nino, Eggleton, 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)