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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

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Issue No. 26

Twelfth meeting on:

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

First and second meetings on:

Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings - October 24, 2012
• Minutes of Proceedings - October 25, 2012
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 24, 2012 (111K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 25, 2012 (69K)

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WITNESSES

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Public Service Commission of Canada:

Anne-Marie Robinson, President;

Hélène Laurendeau, Senior Vice President, Policy;

Denis Bilodeau, Vice President, Investigations;

Elizabeth Murphy-Walsh, Vice President, Audit and Data Services.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Joan Arnold, Senior Director, Pensions and Benefits Sector;

Kim Gowing, Director, Pensions and Benefits Sector.

Department of Finance Canada:

Sean Keenan, Director, Tax Policy Branch;

Alexandra MacLean, Senior Chief, Tax Policy Branch.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Canadian Taxpayers Federation:

Gregory Thomas, Federal and Ontario Director.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Richard Neufeld, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bellemare, Buth, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Greene, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Marshall, McInnis, Mitchell, Nancy Ruth

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12(5), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Greene replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (October 25, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (October 25, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (October 25, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Stratton (October 25, 2012).

The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga, Jr. (October 25, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (October 25, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (October 24, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (October 24, 2012).

The Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (October 24, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Enverga, Jr. replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (October 24, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (October 24, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Runciman replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (October 23, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Stratton replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (October 23, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (October 19, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (October 19, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C. replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (October 18, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (October 18, 2012).

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