Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Issue No. 17
Seventh and eighth meetings on:
The study of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013
Sixteenth meeting 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
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 1, 2012
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 2, 2012
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 1, 2012 (83K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 2, 2012 (106K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Public Service Commission:
Anne-Marie Robinson, President;
Hélène Laurendeau, Senior Vice-President.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Daphne Meredith, Chief Human Resources Officer;
Ross MacLeod, Assistant Deputy Minister, Governance Planning and Policy Sector;
Marc-Arthur Hyppolite, Assistant Deputy Minister, Compensation and Labour Relations Sector.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada:
Roch Huppé, Chief Financial Officer;
Kevin Stringer, Assistant Deputy Minister, Program Policy;
David Balfour, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management;
Jody Thomas, Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Canadian Coast Guard.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:
Greg Meredith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch;
Pierre Corriveau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management;
Rita Moritz, Assistant Deputy Minister, Farm Financial Programs Branch;
Jody Aylard, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Research Branch.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Richard Neufeld, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Buth, Callbeck, *Cowan (or Tardif), Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Marshall, Nancy Ruth, Peterson, Ringuette, Runciman, Wallin
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (May 2, 2012).