---

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

---

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Issue No. 9

Thirteenth meeting on:

The 2009-2010 Estimates

Tenth (final) meeting on:

Elements contained in Bill C-10, the Budget Implementation Act, 2009

First and second meetings on:

Supplementary Estimates (A), 2009-2010

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 26, 2009 (92K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 2, 2009 (42K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 3, 2009 (123K)

---

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, May 26, 2009:

Public Sector Integrity Canada:

Christiane Ouimet, Commissioner;

Henry Molot, Deputy Commissioner;

Joe Friday, General Counsel.

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL):

Michael F. Robins, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009:

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

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

Ken Wheat, Senior Director, Expenditure Operations.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009:

National Defence:

Rear-Admiral Bryn Weadon, Assistant Deputy Minister — Finance and Corporate Services;

David Jacobson, Chief of Staff, Assistant Deputy Minister — Materiel;

Colonel Richard Giguère, Strategic Joint Staff.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation:

Michel Tremblay, Chief Financial Officer;

Sharon Matthews, Vice-President, Assisted Housing.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada:

Karen Jackson, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Income Security and Social Development Branch;

Paul Thompson, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch;

Su Dazé, Comptroller.

Service Canada:

Liliane Binette, Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Branch.

---

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Irving R. Gerstein, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Eggleton, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C., (or Comeau), Mitchell, 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 Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (June 4, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Greene replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (June 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Munson (June 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (June 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (June 1, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (June 1, 2009).

---