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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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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010 (in camera)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Issue No. 2

First, second, third and fourth meetings on:

The study of the 2010-2011 Estimates

Third (final) meeting on:

The study of the Supplementary Estimates (C), 2009-2010

INCLUDING:
THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Supplementary Estimates (C), 2009-2010)

THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(First Interim Report on the 2010-2011 Estimates)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Second and Third Reports
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 23, 2010 - Morning meeting (87K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 23, 2010 - Afternoon meeting (50K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 30, 2010 (84K)

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APPEARING:

The Honourable Stockwell Day, P.C., M.P.,
President of the Treasury Board

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WITNESSES:

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 (morning meeting)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Alister Smith, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

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

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Department of Finance Canada:

Nipun Vats, Senior Chief, Federal-Provincial Relations Division, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;

Tom McGirr, Chief, Federal-Provincial Relations Division, Equalization and Policy Development, Federal- Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;

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

Miodrag Jovanovic, Senior Chief, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.

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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., Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, 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 Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Poulin (March 29, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (March 29, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (March 29, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (March 26, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (March 25, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (March 25, 2010).

The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (March 24, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (March 24, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (March 23, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Ogilvie (March 23, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (March 22, 2010).

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