Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Issue No. 7
Fourth and fifth meetings 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 Canadian economy
INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special study budget 2011-2012 — Cross-Border Shopping)
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 1, 2011
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 2, 2011
- Fourth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 1, 2011 (90K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 2, 2011 (72K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Statistics Canada:
John Baldwin, Director, Economic Analysis Division.
As an individual:
Ambarish Chandra, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Bank of Canada:
Mark J. Carney, Governor;
Tiff Macklem, Senior Deputy Governor.
Transport Canada:
Gerard McDonald, Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security;
Kash Ram, Director General, Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation.
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 Carignan), Marshall, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Peterson, 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 Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Wallace (November 1, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (October 31, 2011).