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)

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).

National Finance

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12

Issue No. 15

WITNESSES

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance