Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13
Chair: The Honourable IRVING GERSTEIN
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Issue No. 35
Third and fourth meetings on:
Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act
(requirements for labour organizations)
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 29, 2013
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 30, 2013
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 29, 2013 (95K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 30, 2013 (156K)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:
Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada;
Patricia Kosseim, Senior General Counsel and Director General, Legal Services, Policy and Research Branch.
Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA-Canada):
Carole Presseault, Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs.
Merit Canada:
Terrance Oakey, President.
Building and Construction Trades Department (A.F.L.- C.I.O.), Canadian Office:
Robert Blakely, Director of Canadian Affairs.
Writers Guild of Canada:
Maureen Parker, Executive Director (by video conference).
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada:
Denis Bourguignon, Chief Financial Officer.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Syndicat de professionnelles et professionnels du gouvernement du Québec:
Richard Perron, President.
Union of Taxation Employees (PSAC):
Adam Jackson, Regional Vice President.
Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE):
Claude Poirier, President.
As an individual:
Moin A. Yahya, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta.
Confédération des syndicats nationaux:
Pierre Patry, Treasurer.
Fengate Capital Management:
Lou Serafini, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer (by video conference).
Canadian Auto Workers:
Jim Stanford, Economist (by video conference).
Canadian LabourWatch Association:
John Mortimer, President.
Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec:
Michel Mailhot, 6th Vice President;
Michel Canuel, Lawyer, Union Advisor, Legal Team, FIQ Montréal.
Canadian Nurses Association:
Anne Sutherland Boal, Chief Operating Officer.
As an individual:
Francis Donovan (by video conference).
Doctors Nova Scotia:
Nancy MacCready-Williams, Chief Executive Officer.
Doctors Manitoba:
Matthew Maruca, General Counsel.
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions:
Arlene Wortsman, Executive Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Chair
The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Black, Campbell, *Cowan (or Tardif), Greene, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Maltais, Massicotte, Moore, Oliver, Ringuette, Segal, Tkachuk
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Segal replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (May 30, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (May 23, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (May 23, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (May 23, 2013).