Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Issue No. 42
Eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh meetings on:
The subject-matter of Bill C-60, An Act to implement certain provisions
of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures,
introduced in the House of Commons on April 29, 2013
First and second meetings on:
The study of the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2014
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 4, 2013 (Morning meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 4, 2013 (Afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 5, 2013 (Afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 5, 2013 (Evening meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 6, 2013
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 4, 2013 (109) (Morning meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 4, 2013 (72) (Afternoon meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 5, 2013 (77K) (Afternoon meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 5, 2013 (82K) (Evening meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 6, 2013 (103K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 (Morning meeting)
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Bill Matthews, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;
Sally Thornton, Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector;
Marcia Santiago, Senior Director, Expenditure Management Sector.
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited:
Steve Halpenny, Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer;
Jonathan Lundy, Vice President, Chief Legal Officer.
Public Safety Canada:
Gary Robertson, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Branch;
Dave Neville, Senior Director, Financial Assistance Programs.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 (Afternoon meeting)
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters:
Martin Lavoie, Director of Policy, Manufacturing Competitiveness and Innovation.
Chemistry Industry Association of Canada:
Fiona Cook, Director, Business and Economics.
Building Construction Trades Department:
Christopher Smillie, Senior Advisor, Government Relations and Public Affairs.
Canadian Labour Congress:
Karl Flecker, National Director of Anti-Racism and Human Rights Department.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 (Afternoon meeting)
Canadian Federation of Agriculture:
Ron Bonnett, President.
As an individual:
Mike Moffatt, Economist.
Retail Council of Canada:
Karen Proud, Vice President, Federal Government Relations.
Canadian Meat Council:
James Laws, Executive Director.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 (Evening meeting)
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:
Susan MacGowan, Chief Financial Officer;
Pamela D'Eon, Director General, Planning and Resource Management;
Anik Dupont, Director General, Specific Claims Branch.
Industry Canada:
Susan Bincoletto, Chief Financial Officer;
Iain Stewart, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Sector;
Johanne Bernard, Director General, Resource Planning and Investments Branch.
Association of Municipalities of Ontario:
Judy Dezell, Manager, Gas Tax Implementation Project.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Canadian Media Guild:
Carmel Smyth, National President;
Jeanne d'Arc Umurungi, Director of Communications.
Credit Union Central of Canada:
Gary Rogers, Vice President, Financial Policy.
University of Calgary School of Public Policy:
Jack Mintz, Director and Palmer Chair in Public Policy (by video conference).
Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.:
Frank Swedlove, President;
Ron Sanderson, Director, Policyholder Taxation and Pensions.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bellemare, Black, Braley, Buth, Callbeck, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Gerstein, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Ringuette, Wells
* 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 Braley replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (June 6, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (June 6, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (June 5, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Black (June 5, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (June 5, 2013).
The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (June 4, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (June 4, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Greene replaced the Honourable Senator Black (June 4, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (June 4, 2013).