Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009
Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL A. MEIGHEN
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Issue No. 3
First and second meetings on:
Study on the credit and debit card systems in Canada and their relative rates and fees
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 25, 2009 (86K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 26, 2009 (89K)
WITNESSES:
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Department of Finance Canada:
Jeremy Rudin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch.
Competition Bureau Canada:
Richard Taylor, Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Civil Matters Branch;
Martine Dagenais, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Civil Matters Branch.
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC):
Ursula Menke, Commissioner.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Desjardins Group:
Patrice Dagenais, Director, Planning and Product Development;
Susan Murray, Director, Government Relations.
Credit Union Central of Canada:
Brigitte Goulard, Vice-President, Policy;
Douglas Whelan, Director, Payments Policy.
Option consommateurs:
Genevieve Reed, Head of Research and Advocacy;
Anu Bose, Head of the Ottawa Office.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael A. Meighen, Chair
The Honourable Yoine Goldstein, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Cowan (or Tardif), Eyton, Fox, P.C., Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Massicotte, Moore, Oliver, 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 Honourable Senator Meighen replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (March 26, 2009).
The Honourable Senator Eyton replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (March 26, 2009).
The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (March 26, 2009).
The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Eyton (March 24, 2009).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Meighen (March 24, 2009).