Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 (in camera)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Issue No. 15
Second (final) meeting on:
The study of the Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March
31, 2012
Fifth and sixth (final) meetings on:
The study of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013
Eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth meetings on:
The 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
INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Supplementary Estimates (C), 2011-2012)
THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(First Interim Report on the Main Estimates for 2012-2013)
THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special study budget 2012-2013 — Cross Border Shopping)
- Minutes of Proceedings - March 14, 2012
- Minutes of Proceedings - March 27, 2012
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 3, 2012
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 4, 2012
- The Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Reports
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 14, 2012 (9K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 3, 2012 (55K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 4, 2012 (85K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
As an individual:
Tony Hernandez, Professor, Ryerson University.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Canadian Publishers' Council:
Jackie Hushion, Executive Director;
Kevin Hanson, President (President of Simon and Schuster Canada).
Nelson Education Ltd.:
James Reeve, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Higher Education Division.
Association of Canadian Publishers:
Carolyn Wood, Executive Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Richard Neufeld, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Callbeck, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Housakos, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Marshall, Nancy Ruth, Nolin, 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 Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (April 4, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (April 4, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (April 3, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (April 3, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (April 3, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Buth (April 3, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (April 3, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (April 2, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Buth (April 2, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (April 2, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (April 2, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (March 28, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (March 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (March 15, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (March 14, 2012).