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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, December 4, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 (in camera)

Issue No. 31

Twelfth and thirteenth (final) 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 (final) meeting on:

Bill C-45, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures

Second (final) meeting on:

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

Twentieth 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 Canada economy

INCLUDING:
THE FOURTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 with the exception of Parliament Vote 10b)

THE FIFTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-45)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Department of Finance Canada:

Sherry Harrison, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services Branch;

Douglas Nevison, Director, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch;

Lise Potvin, Director, Sales Tax Division;

Chantal Maheu, General Director, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;

Jeremy Rudin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Branch.

National Defence:

Major-General Robert Bertrand, Acting Chief Financial Officer;

Major-General Ian C. Poulter, Chief of Program;

Karen Cahill, Director General, Strategic Finance and Financial Arrangements;

Rear-Admiral Patrick Finn, Chief of Staff, Materiel Group.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada:

Greg Meredith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch;

Pierre Corriveau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management;

Rita Moritz, Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs Branch.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency:

Peter Everson, Vice President, Corporate Management;

Paul Mayers, Associate Vice President, Policy and Programs;

Barbara A. Jordan, Associate Vice President, Operations.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

As individuals:

The Honourable Senator Richard Neufeld, Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources;

The Honourable Senator Grant Mitchell, Deputy Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources;

The Honourable Senator Irving Gerstein, Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce;

The Honourable Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Deputy Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce;

The Honourable Senator Vernon White, Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples;

The Honourable Senator Lillian Eva Dyck, Deputy Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples;

The Honourable Senator Percy Mockler, Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bellemare, Buth, Callbeck, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Martin, McInnis, Ringuette, Wallace

* 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 Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (December 12, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. (December 12, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (December 12, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Runciman replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (December 10, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (December 10, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (December 5, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (December 5, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (December 3, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (December 3, 2012).

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