Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 (in camera)
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Issue No. 5

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

Fifth meeting on:
The study of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012

First meeting on:
Study on the potential reasons for price discrepancies in respect of certain goods between Canada and the United States, given the value of the Canadian dollar and the effect of cross border shopping on the Canada economy

APPEARING

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The Honourable James M. Flaherty, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance

WITNESSES

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

PPP Canada:

John McBride, Chief Executive Officer.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Department of Finance Canada:

Patrick Halley, Chief, Tariffs and Market Access, International Trade Policy Division, International Trade & Finance;

Dean Beyea, Director, International Trade Policy;

Jim Haley, General Director, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch;

Rainer Nowak, Senior Chief, Operations, Sales Tax Division, Operations and Border Issues;

Geoff Trueman, Director, Business Income Tax Division;

Lucia Di Primio, Chief, Excise Policy, Sales Tax Division;

Elisha Ram, Director, Microeconomic Policy Analysis.

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, Frum, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Marshall, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, 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 Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (October 18, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Murray, P.C. (September 26, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (June 26, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (June 23, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (June 23, 2011).

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