Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007-08

Chair: The Honourable W. DAVID ANGUS

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008

Issue No. 10

Tenth and eleventh meetings on:
The present state of the domestic and international financial system
(Winding-up and Restructuring Act)
(Farm Debt Mediation Act)

and

Third meeting on:
Issues dealing with interprovincial barriers to trade in Canada

APPEARING:

Thursday, March 6, 2008

The Honourable Jim Prentice, P.C., M.P., Minister of Industry

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation (PACICC):

Paul Kovacs, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Assuris:

Michael Hale, Executive Vice President.

Department of Finance Canada:

Diane Lafleur, Director, Financial Sector Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Sandra Dunn, Chief, Financial Sector Division, Financial Sector Stability, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Michèle Legault, Chief, Structural Issues, Financial Sector Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch.

Industry Canada:

Roger Charland, Senior Director, Corporate and Insolvency Law Policy and Internal Trade.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

On interprovincial barriers to trade

Industry Canada:

Paul Boothe, Senior Associate Deputy Minister.

On the Farm Debt Mediation Act

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

Jody Aylard, Director General, Finance and Renewal Programs Directorate;

Jean-Denis Méthot, Manager, Planning and Coordination, Renewal Division.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable W. David Angus, Chair

The Honourable Yoine Goldstein, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Biron, Eyton, Harb, Jaffer, *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Massicotte, Meighen, Moore, Ringuette, Tkachuk

*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 Meighen substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Oliver (March 3, 2008).