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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007-08

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 (in camera)
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Issue No. 13

Eleventh meeting on:
2008-2009 Estimates

and

First, second and third meetings on:
Subject matter of Bill C-50, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament
on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget

and

First meeting on:
Supplementary Estimates (A) 2008-2009

INCLUDING:
THE THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(The Officers and Agents of Parliament created
or modified under the Federal Accountability Act)

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 (afternoon meeting)

As individuals:

David Cohen, Immigration Lawyer;

James Bissett.

Chinese Canadian National Council:

Victor Wong, Executive Director.

STATUS NOW! — Campaign in Defence of Undocumented Immigrants:

Naveen P. Mehta, Lawyer, Director, Human Rights, Equity and Diversity.

Canadian Arab Federation:

Khaled Mouammar, President.

Chinese Canadian Community Alliance:

Tom Pang, Acting President.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council:

Peter Ferreira, President.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 (evening meeting)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Alister Smith, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Brian Pagan, Executive Director, Expenditure Operations and Estimates Division.

Thursday, May 29, 2008 (morning meeting)

Department of Finance Canada:

Gérald Lalonde, Director, Tax Legislation Divison, Tax Policy Branch;

Lawrence Purdy, Senior Chief, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Carlos Achadinha, Chief, Sales Tax Division, Alcohol, Tobacco and Excise Legislation, Tax Policy Branch;

Pierre Mercille, Chief, Sales Tax Division, GST Legislation, Tax Policy Branch;

Krista Campbell, Senior Chief, Federal-Provincial Relations Division, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;

Elisha Ram, Chief, Microeconomic Policy Analysis, Industry and Knowledge Economy Section, Economic Development and Corporate Finance;

Yves Giroux, Director, Social Policy, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;

Jeremy Rudin, General Director, Financial Sector Policy Branch, Economic Development and Corporate Finance;

Ross Firla, Economist, Resources, Energy and Environment.

Natural Resources Canada:

Robert Lomas, Special Advisor to the Director General, Minerals, Metals and Materials Policy Branch.

Human Resources and Social Development Canada:

Rosaline Frith, Director General, Canada Student Loans Program;

Louis Beauséjour, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy;

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Joan Arnold, Senior Director, Insurance Benefits Program Group.

Thursday, May 29, 2008 (morning meeting)

Conseil national des chômeurs et chômeuses:

Pierre Céré, Spokesperson.

Canadian Institute of Actuaries:

Michel Bédard, Member, Task Force on Financing of Employment Insurance.

Canadian Council of Chief Executives:

David Stewart-Patterson, Executive Vice-President.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business:

Garth Whyte, Vice-President.

United Steelworkers — USW:

Erin Weir, Economist.

Canadian Restaurant and Food Services Association:

Joyce Reynolds, Executive Vice-President.

Canadian Federation of Students:

Amanda Aziz, National Chairperson.

Gairdner Foundation:

John Dirks, President.

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations:

Zach Churchill, National Director;

Lisa Fry, Policy and Research Officer.

University of British Columbia:

Ron Giammarino, Professor.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Terry Stratton, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Biron, Chaput, Cowan, De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Eggleton, P.C., *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Murray, P.C., Nancy Ruth, 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 Dawson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. (May 27, 2008).

The name of the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Dawson (May 27, 2008).

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