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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012

Issue No. 18

Ninth and tenth meetings on:

The study of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013

Seventeenth 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 Canadian economy

First and second meetings on:

The subject-matter of all of Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures,introduced in the House of Commons on April 26, 2012

WITNESSES

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Department of Justice Canada:

Donald Piragoff, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector;

Daniel Schnob, Chief Financial Officer;

Joel Oliver, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Management Sector.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 (afternoon meeting)

Canada Revenue Agency:

Brian McCauley, Assistant Commissioner, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch.

Department of Finance Canada:

Shawn Porter, Director, Tax Legislation Division;

Ted Cook, Senior Legislative Chief, Tax Legislation Division;

Sean Keenan, Director, Personal Income Tax.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 (evening meeting)

Environment Canada:

Andrea Lyon, Associate Deputy Minister;

Carol Najm, Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Branch;

Michael Keenan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch.

Parks Canada:

Alan Latourelle, Chief Executive Officer.

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency:

Elaine Feldman, President.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:

Nadir Patel, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer;

Robert Dufresne, Director General, Financial Resource Planning and Management Bureau;

Andrew Stirling, Director General, Locally Engaged Staff Services.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Department of Finance Canada:

Lucia Di Primio, Chief, Excise Policy, Sales Tax Division;

Pierre Mercille, Senior Legislative Chief, Sales Tax Division, GST Legislation;

Gordon Boissonneault, Senior Advisor, Economic Analysis and Forecasting Division, Demand and Labour Analysis;

Martine Lajoie, Chief, Transport and Corporate Analysis, Sectoral Policy Analysis;

Maxime Beaupré, Senior Economist, Sectoral Policy Analysis, Transport and Corporate Analysis;

Daniel MacDonald, Chief, CHT/CST and Northern Policy, Federal-Provincial Relations Division.

Treasury Board Secretariat

Nicholas Wise, Executive Director, Strategic Policy, Priorities and Planning;

Christiane Allard, Advisor, Strategic Policy, Priorities and Planning.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Buth, Callbeck, *Cowan (or Tardif), Eaton, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Mercer, Nancy Ruth, Nolin, Peterson, Ringuette, Rivard, Runciman

* 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 Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (May 10, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (May 10, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Mercer replaced the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (May 8, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (May 8, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (May 8, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (May 7, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (May 7, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (May 3, 2012).

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