Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007-08

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 (in camera)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Issue No. 14

Second (final) meeting on:

Supplementary Estimates (A) 2008-2009

Fourth, fifth and sixth 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

First (final) meeting on:

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

INCLUDING:
THE FOURTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Supplementary Estimates (A) 2008-2009)

THE FIFTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(2008-2009 Estimates — Second Interim Report)

THE SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Infrastructure Programs and Regional Development Agencies)

THE SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-50)

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - Morning

Citizenship and Immigration Canada:

Andrea Lyon, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy;

Les Linklater, Director General, Immigration Branch.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - Afternoon

Building and Construction Trades Department (A.F.L. — C.I.O.):

Robert Blakely, Director;

Christopher Smillie, Policy Analyst, Government and Regulatory Affairs.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Department of Finance Canada:

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

Public Safety Canada:

Mark Potter, Director General, Policing Policy.

Canadian Bar Association:

Betsy Kane, Executive Member, National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section;

Kerri Froc, Legal Policy Analyst.

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 Massicotte substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Biron (June 11, 2008).

The name of the Honourable Senator Biron substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Massicotte (June 11, 2008).

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007-08

Issue No. 14

WITNESSES:

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance