Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Issue No. 3

First, second and third (final) meetings on:

Bill C-10, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and related fiscal measures

Second meeting on:

The 2009-2010 Estimates

INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(First Interim Report on the 2009-2010 Estimates)

THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-10)

APPEARING

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Honourable James M. Flaherty, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance.

Ted Menzies, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.

WITNESSES

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Department of Finance Canada :

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

Erin O'Brien, Chief, Microeconomic Policy Analysis, Policy Analysis and Coordination;

Gérard Lalonde, Director, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Alison McDermott, Senior Chief, Revenue and Expenditure Policy, Fiscal Policy Division.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat :

Hélène Laurendeau, Assistant Secretary, Labour Relations and Compensation Operations.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat :

Hélène Laurendeau, Assistant Secretary, Labour Relations and Compensation Operations.

Industry Canada :

Colette Downie, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch;

Adam Fanaki, Acting Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau — Mergers Branch;

Eric Dagenais, Director General, Investment Review and Strategic Planning Branch;

Richard Saillant, Director, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, International Investment Policy and Branch Planning Directorate.

Transport Canada :

David Osbaldeston, Manager, Navigable Waters Protection Program;

Brigit Proulx, Legal Counsel, Legal Services;

Brigita Gravitis-Beck, Director General, Air Policy.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Irving R. Gerstein, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Eggleton, P.C., Fox, P.C., Hubley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mitchell, Moore, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ringuette, Rivard

*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 Moore replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (March 12, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (March 12, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Fox, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Day (March 12, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (March 10, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (March 9, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Di Nino replaced the Honourable Senator Meighen (March 5, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Banks (March 5, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Meighen replaced the Honourable Senator Di Nino (March 4, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (March 3, 2009).