Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable IRVING GERSTEIN
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Issue No. 13
Seventh and eighth meetings on:
The use of digital currency
Second meeting on:
Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Payment Card Networks Act (credit card acceptance fees)
WITNESSES
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Canada Revenue Agency:
Eliza Erskine, Director, Income Tax Rulings Directorate;
Michael Cooke, Manager, Income Tax Rulings Directorate.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Interac Association:
Caroline Hubberstey, Head, External Affairs, Enterprise Strategy.
PayPal:
Barry Murphy, Director, Government Relations, Canada and Latin America.
BitPay:
Tim Byun, Chief Compliance Officer (by video conference).
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Canadian Federation of Independent Business:
Dan Kelly, President and Chief Executive Officer (by video conference).
Retail Council of Canada:
Diane J. Brisebois, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Karl Littler, Vice President.
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters:
Greg Farrant, Manager, Government Affairs and Policy.
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation:
Darrell Crabbe, Executive Director (by video conference).
BC Wildlife Federation:
Sarah McNeil, Development Coordinator (by video conference).
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, Massicotte, Ngo, Ringuette, Rivard, 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 Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (June 18, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (June 17, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Moore (May 29, 2014).