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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, June 5, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Issue No. 21

First and second meetings on:
The study of the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013

Eleventh meeting on:
The study of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013

Eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth 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

INCLUDING:
THE TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Second Interim Report on the Main Estimates for 2012-2013)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 (morning meeting)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Bill Matthews, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Marcia Santiago, Senior Director, Expenditure Information Division;

Darryl Sprecher, Director, Expenditure Management Portfolio.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 (afternoon meeting)

Canadian Labour Congress:

Andrew Jackson, Chief Economist.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business:

Corinne Pohlmann, Vice President of National Affairs.

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters:

Mathew Wilson, Vice President, National Policy.

University of Toronto:

Josh Hjartarson, Policy Director, Mowat Centre, School of Public Policy and Governance.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 (afternoon meeting)

As an individual:

Vivian Krause.

Imagine Canada:

Marcel Lauzière, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 (evening meeting)

Public Works and Government Services Canada:

Alex Lakroni, Chief Financial Officer, Finance Branch;

Pierre-Marc Mongeau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Parliamentary Precinct Branch.

Transport Canada:

André Morency, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management and Crown Corporation Governance;

Claude Corbin, Senior Director, Financial Management;

Jane Weldon, Director General, Surface Infrastructure Programs;

Catherine Higgens, Director General, Environmental Affairs — Programs;

Luc Brisebois, Director, Emergency Preparedness;

Marc Brazeau, Acting Director General, Airport and Port Programs;

Martin Eley, Director General, Civil Aviation;

Annette Gibbons, Director General, Surface Transportation Policy.

Natural Resources Canada:

Serge Dupont, Deputy Minister;

Thérèse Roy, Acting Chief Financial Officer.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Michael Wernick, Deputy Minister;

Susan MacGowan, Chief Financial Officer.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Macdonald-Laurier Institute:

Jason Clemens, Director of Research.

Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP):

Susan Eng, Vice President, Advocacy.

Canadian Auto Workers:

Jim Stanford, Economist (by video conference).

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Richard Neufeld, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Buth, Callbeck, Campbell, *Cowan (or Tardif), Eaton, Finley, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Martin, Ringuette, Runciman, Seth

* 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 Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Comeau (June 7, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (June 7, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Seth replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (June 7, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Comeau replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (June 7, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (June 6, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (June 6, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (June 6, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (June 6, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (June 6, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (June 6, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (June 5, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (June 5, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (June 5, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Buth (June 5, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (June 4, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (June 4, 2012).

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