Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 (in camera)
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Issue No. 36

Fourth, fifth and sixth meetings on:

The study of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014

INCLUDING:
THE NINETEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(First Interim Report on the 2013-2014 Main Estimates)

• Minutes of Proceedings - March 26, 2013 (in camera)
• Minutes of Proceedings - April 16, 2013
• Minutes of Proceedings - April 17, 2013
• Nineteenth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 16, 2013 (66K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 17, 2013 (90K)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

David Enns, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Amanda Jane Preece, Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector;

Sally Thornton, Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Canadian Heritage:

Nada Semaan, Associate Deputy Minister;

Robert Hertzog, Director General, Financial Management Branch, Strategic Policy, Planning and Corporate Affairs.

Canadian Space Agency:

Marie-Claude Guérard, Chief Financial Officer.

National Research Council Canada:

Michel A. Piché, Vice President, Corporate Management & Chief Financial Officer;

Gail E. McLellan, Director General, Finance Branch;

Bogdan Ciobanu, Vice President, Industrial Research Assistance Program.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bellemare Black Buth Callbeck Chaput *Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Duffy, Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), McInnis

* 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 Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (April 16, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (March 27, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (March 26, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (March 21, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga (March 21, 2013).