Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009

Issue No. 18

First and second meetings on:

Bill C-51, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and to implement other measures

WITNESSES

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Department of Finance Canada:

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

Tim Wach, Director, Legislative Development, Tax Policy Branch;

Miodrag Jovanovic, Senior Chief, Savings and Investment Section;

Ian Wright, Chief, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Patrick Halley, Chief, Tariffs and Market Access, International Trade Policy Division, International Trade and Finance;

Philippe Hall, Senior Economist, International Trade and Finance;

Trevor Lessard, International Economist, International Trade and Finance;

Andrew Staples, Chief, CHST and Policy Development;

Chris Forbes, Director General, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Bill Matthews, Assistant Comptroller General, Office of the Comptroller General;

Marcel Lalande, Director, Office of the Comptroller General;

Joan Arnold, Senior Director, Legislation, Authorities and Litigation Management.

Industry Canada:

Shane Williamson, Executive Director, Knowledge Infrastructure Program;

Roger Charland, Executive Director, Corporate and Insolvency Law Policy and Internal Trade;

Matthew Dooley, A/Senior Project Leader, Corporate and Insolvency Law Policy and Internal Trade.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada:

Heather Bordeleau, Director, Canada Pension Plan Policy;

Nancy Lawand, Director General, Canada Pension Plan Disability;

Mary Pichette, Senior Director, Canada Pension Plan Directorate.

Canada Revenue Agency:

Denyse Bertrand, Policy Analyst;

Danielle Héroux, Manager.

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada:

Michel Montambeault, Director, Canada Pension Plan/Old Age Security;

Sari Harrel, Actuarial Officer.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Canadian Home Builders' Association:

Gary Friend, President;

John Kenward, Chief Operating Officer.

CBC/Radio-Canada:

Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO (by videoconference).

C.D. Howe Institute:

Finn Poschmann, Vice President, Research.

Towers Perrin:

James Pierlot, Senior Consultant.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Carignan, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Eggleton, P.C., Fairbairn, P.C., Finley, Lang, *LeBreton, P.C., (or Comeau), Peterson, 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 Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (December 3, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (December 3, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Carignan replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (December 3, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (December 3, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (December 3, 2009).

The Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Merchant (December 3, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (December 3, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Mahovlich replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (December 3, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Dickson (December 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan (December 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Merchant replaced the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. (December 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (December 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (December 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (December 2, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (December 2, 2009).