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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Issue No. 17

First, second and third meetings on:

Supplementary Estimates (B), 2009-2010

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 18, 2009 (78K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 24, 2009 (68K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 25, 2009 (65K)

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WITNESSES:

Wednesday, November 18, 2009:

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Alister Smith, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

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

Tuesday, November 24, 2009:

Canadian International Development Agency:

Margaret Biggs, President;

David Moloney, Executive Vice-President;

Hélène Filion, Deputy Chief Financial Officer.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009:

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada:

Jim Quinn, Chief Financial Officer;

Peter Traversy, Director General, Planning and Resource Management;

Andrew Francis, Director, Resource Management and Financial Advisory Services.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, Carignan, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Dickson, Eggleton, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mitchell, Neufeld, 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 Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (November 24, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (November 23, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Harb (November 19, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (November 19, 2009).

The Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Banks (November 19, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (November 19, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Di Nino replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (November 19, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (November 19, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. (November 18, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Harb replaced the Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C. (November 18, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Mahovlich replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (November 18, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (November 18, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Greene replaced the Honourable Senator Dickson (November 16, 2009).

The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (November 16, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Di Nino (November 16, 2009).

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