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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2010

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Issue No. 1

Organization meeting

and

First and second meetings on:

The study of the Supplementary Estimates (C), 2009-10

INCLUDING:
THE FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Rule 104 — Expenses incurred by the committee during the Second Session of the Fortieth Parliament)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• First Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 10, 2010 (31K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 16, 2010 (84K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 17, 2010 (123K)

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WITNESSES:

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Alister Smith, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

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

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Canadian International Development Agency:

Margaret Biggs, President;

Diane Jacovella, Vice-President, Multilateral and Global Programs Branch;

Jim Quinn, Chief Financial Officer.

National Defence:

Brigadier-General Richard Blanchette, Director General, Operations, Strategic Joint Staff;

Brigadier-General Claude Rochette, Director General, Financial Management.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:

Kerry Buck, Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs and Departmental Security.

Public Safety Canada:

William Baker, Deputy Minister;

Myles Kirvan, Associate Deputy Minister.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

William Sweeney, Senior Deputy Commissioner.

Canada Border Services Agency:

Stephen Rigby, President.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service:

Charles Bisson, Deputy Director, Operations.

Privy Council Office:

Ward Elcock, Coordinator for the 2010 Olympics and G8 Security.

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

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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, *Cowan (or Tardif), Dickson, Eggleton, P.C., Finley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Marshall, Murray, P.C., Neufeld, Poulin, Ringuette, Runciman

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

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