Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Issue No. 22
Third (final) meeting on:
The study of the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013
Fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth 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 ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Report on the Supplementary Estimates (A), 2012-2013)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 12, 2012 (morning meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 12, 2012 (afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 13, 2012 (afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 13, 2012 (evening meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 14, 2012
- The Eleventh Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 12, 2012 (morning meeting) (45K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 12, 2012 (afternoon meeting) (71K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 13, 2012 (afternoon meeting) (57K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 13, 2012 (evening meeting) (42K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 14, 2012 (53K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 (morning meeting)
United Steelworkers — USW:
Erin Weir, Economist.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 (afternoon meeting)
Office of the Auditor General of Canada:
Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada;
Lyn Sachs, Assistant Auditor General.
As an individual:
Ian Lee, Professor, Carleton University.
Canadian Museums Association:
John McAvity, Executive Director.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 (afternoon meeting)
Lands Advisory Board:
Chief Robert Louie, Chair;
Stephen Aronson, Legal Counsel.
Lands Advisory Board Resource Centre:
Chief Austin Bear, Chair.
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples:
Dwight Dorey, National Vice-Chief.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 (evening meeting)
Calgary Chamber of Commerce:
Ben Brunnen, Director of Policy and Government Affairs and Chief Economist (by video conference).
Retail Council of Canada:
Karen Proud, Vice President, Federal Government Relations.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Canadian Medical Association:
Dr. John Haggie, President.
Canadian Institute for Health Information:
Jean-Marie Berthelot, Vice President of Programs;
Chris Kuchciak, Manager, Health Expenditures.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Buth, Callbeck, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), Eaton, Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Nancy Ruth, Plett, 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 Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (June 14, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Wallace (June 12, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (June 12, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth replaced the Honourable Senator Seth (June 8, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (June 8, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (June 7, 2012).