Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Issue No. 10
Fourth (final) meeting on:
The study of the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March
31, 2012
Third and fourth (final) meetings on:
Bill C-13, An Act to implement certain provisions of the 2011 budget as
updated on June 6, 2011 and other measures
INCLUDING:
THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Supplementary Estimates (B), 2011-2012)
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-13)
- Minutes of Proceedings - December 6, 2011
- Minutes of Proceedings - December 7, 2011
- Fifth and Sixth Reports
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 6, 2011 (98K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 7, 2011 (113K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP):
Susan Eng, Vice President, Advocacy.
Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs:
Rob Simonds, Fire Chief, President.
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters:
Jean-Michel Laurin, Vice President, Global Business Policy;
Martin Lavoie, Director of Policy, Manufacturing Competitiveness and Innovation.
Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (CALU):
Susan St. Amand, Chair;
Jillian Welch, Lawyer and Tax Consultant.
Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation:
Dale Koeller, Vice President.
Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC):
Barbara Amsden, Director;
Debbie Pearl-Weinberg, General Tax Counsel, CIBC.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Canadian Federation of Students:
Roxanne Dubois, Chairperson;
David Molenhuis, Past Chairperson.
Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Gregory Thomas, Federal Director.
Federation of Canadian Municipalities:
Brock Carlton, Chief Executive Officer;
Gabriel Miller, Director, Government and Media Relations.
Frontier Centre for Public Policy:
Peter Shawn Taylor, Senior Fellow.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, *Cowan (or Tardif), Finley, Hubley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), MacDonald, Marshall, Nancy Ruth, Peterson, Ringuette, Runciman, Tardif
* 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 Wallin (December 7, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Munson (December 7, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Tardif replaced the Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C. (December 7, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Meredith (December 7, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (December 7, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (December 7, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (December 7, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (December 6, 2011).
The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Dickson (December 6, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Meredith replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (December 6, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (December 6, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (December 6, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Dickson (December 6, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (December 5, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (December 1, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator Stratton (December 1, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (December 1, 2011).