Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable IRVING GERSTEIN
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Issue No. 8
Fifth and sixth meetings on:
The use of digital currency
WITNESSES
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Bitcoin Strategy Group:
Kyle Kemper, Partner;
Victoria van Eyk, Partner.
Canadian Virtual Exchange (CAVirtEx):
Joseph David, CEO;
Larry O'Brien, Advisor.
Bit Access:
Haseeb Awan, Co-founder.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Canadian Bankers Association:
Darren Hannah, Acting Vice-President, Policy and Operations.
Royal Bank of Canada:
Carolyn Burke, Vice-President, International Cards and Canadian Regulatory Payments;
Jeremy Bornstein, Head, Emerging Payments.
Canadian Payments Association:
Carol Ann Northcott, Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer;
Doug Kreviazuk, Vice-President, Policy and Public Affairs.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Chair
The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bellemare, Black, Campbell, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Greene, Maltais, Massicotte, Ngo, Poirier, Ringuette, Unger
* 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 Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (April 10, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (April 10, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (April 10, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (April 10, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (April 8, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (April 8, 2014).