Download as PDF

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2010

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010

Issue No. 16

Twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth meetings on:

Bill C-9, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 4, 2010 and other measures

INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-9)

APPEARING:

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 (morning meeting)

The Honourable Christian Paradis, P.C., M.P., Minister of Natural Resources

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Mike Lake, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 (morning meeting)

Carleton University:

John Cadham, Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Security and Defence Studies, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

Ontario Society of Professional Engineers:

Paul Acchione, P. Eng., Chair, Energy Task Force.

Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC):

Claudia Morrow, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary;

David Walker, Managing Director, Policy, Insurance and International Affairs, Canada Deposit Insurance Company.

Natural Resources Canada:

Philip Jennings, Assistant Deputy Minister, Major Projects Management Office.

Privy Council Office:

Serge Dupont, Special Advisor, NRCan on Nuclear Energy Policy.

Justice Canada:

Jenifer Aitken, Senior Counsel, Industry Canada, Legal Services.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 (afternoon meeting)

Department of Finance Canada:

Brian Ernewein, General Director, Tax Policy Branch;

Lalith Kottachchi, Legislative Chief, Sales Tax Division, Real Property and Financial Institutions, Tax Policy Branch.

As an individual:

C.E.S. (Ned) Franks, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Industry Canada:

Susan Bincoletto, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications;

Pamela Miller, Director General, Telecommunications Policy Branch.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Callbeck, *Cowan (or Tardif), Dickson, Finley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Marshall, Mitchell, Moore, Murray, P.C., Ringuette, Runciman

* 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 Andreychuk replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (July 8, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Baker, P.C. (July 8, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (July 8, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Moore replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator Angus (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Poulin (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Angus replaced the Honourable Senator Dickson (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Runciman replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (July 7, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Poulin replaced the Honourable Senator Moore (July 6, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (July 6, 2010).