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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, November 27, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Issue No. 30

Eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh meetings on:

Subject-matter of all of Bill C-45, A second 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 October 18, 2012

First meeting on:

The study of the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, with the exception of Parliament Vote 10b

WITNESSES

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 (morning session)

Mining Association of Canada:

Pierre Gratton, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada:

Ross Gallinger, Executive Director.

Rio Tinto:

Jocelin Paradis, Vice President, Taxation Canada.

Borden Ladner Gervais:

Steve Suarez, Taxation Lawyer.

Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA Alliance National):

Russ Roberts, Senior Vice President, Tax and Finance.

Certified Management Accountants of Canada (CMA Canada):

Richard G. Monk, Advisor of National Affairs, President and Chief Executive Officer of Msight Global Inc.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 (afternoon session)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Joan Arnold, Senior Director, Pensions and Benefits Sector;

Kim Gowing, Director, Pensions and Benefits Sector;

Dennis Duggan, Labour Relations Consultant;

David Belovich, Senior Director, Compensation and Labour Relations;

Sylvie Tanguay, Senior Policy Analyst.

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions:

Jean-Claude Ménard, Chief Actuary.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 (afternoon session)

Pierlot Pension Law:

James Pierlot, Pension Lawyer and Consultant.

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.:

Ron Sanderson, Director, Policyholder Taxation and Pensions.

C.D. Howe Institute: (by video conference)

William B. P. Robson, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Fair Pensions for All: (by video conference)

Bill Tufts, Founder and Executive Director;

Mark Mullins, Director.

Public Service Alliance of Canada:

Chris Aylward, National Executive Vice President, Executive Office.

National Association of Federal Retirees:

Rosemary Pitfield, Director of Communications;

Sayward Montague, Pension Information and Research Officer.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 (evening session)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Bill Matthews, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Sally Thornton, Executive Director, Expenditure Operations and Estimates, Expenditure Management Sector;

Marcia Santiago, Senior Director, Expenditure Management Sector.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Michael Wernick, Deputy Minister;

Susan MacGowan, Chief Financial Officer.

Health Canada:

Glenda Yeates, Deputy Minister;

Jamie Tibbetts, Chief Financial Officer.

Thursday, November 29, 2012 (afternoon session)

Canadian Labour Congress:

Angella MacEwen, Senior Economist, Social and Economic Policy Department.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business:

Corinne Pohlmann, Vice President of National Affairs.

As individuals:

The Honourable Senator Dennis Dawson, Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications;

The Honourable Senator Stephen Greene, Deputy Chiar, Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bellemare, Buth, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), Dawson, De Bané, P.C., Finley, Gerstein, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), 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 Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (November 29, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (November 29, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Seth (November 29, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (November 29, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (November 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Seth replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (November 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (November 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (November 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (November 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Stratton (November 28, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (November 27, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (November 27, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Stratton replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (November 27, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (November 27, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (November 27, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (November 26, 2012).

The Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (November 26, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (November 26, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (November 26, 2012).

The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga (November 26, 2012).

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