Past Session:

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13

Chair: The Honourable IRVING GERSTEIN

Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday April 24, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Issue No. 32

First and second meetings on:

Bill S-17, An Act to implement conventions, protocols, agreements and a supplementary convention, concluded between Canada and Namibia, Serbia, Poland, Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Switzerland, for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes

and

Sixteenth meeting on:

The present state of the domestic and international financial system

APPEARING:

The Honourable Ted Menzies, P.C., M.P., Minister of State (Finance)

WITNESSES:

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Department of Finance Canada:

Ted Cook, Senior Legislative Chief, Tax Legislation Division;

Alain Castonguay, Senior Chief, Tax Treaties.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Bank of Canada:

Mark J. Carney, Governor;

Tiff Macklem, Senior Deputy Governor.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Canada Revenue Agency:

Guy Bigonesse, Director, Agressive Tax Planning Division;

Karen Brodmann, Senior Advisor, Tax Treaties.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Chair

The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Black, *Cowan (or Tardif), Greene, Harb, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Maltais, Massicotte, Moore, Nancy Ruth, Oliver, Ringuette, Smith (Saurel)

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (April 25, 2013).

Banking, Commerce and the Economy