Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable IRVING GERSTEIN
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Issue No. 15
Eleventh meeting on:
The use of digital currency
and
Fourth meeting on:
Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Payment Card Networks Act
(credit card acceptance fees)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
As an individual:
Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Author of Mastering Bitcoin.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Canadian Independent Petroleum Marketers Association:
Tricia Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Allan MacEwen, Past Chair, Board of Directors.
Consumers' Association of Canada:
Mel Fruitman, Vice President.
Quebec Food Retailers Association:
Pierre-Alexandre Blouin, Vice President, Public Affairs;
Isabelle Tassé, President, Outaouais Region.
Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association:
Tony Elenis, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers:
Gary Sands, Vice President, Public Policy.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Chair
The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Black, Campbell, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Eaton, Greene, Maltais, Massicotte, Ringuette, Rivard, Tkachuk
* 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 Bellemare (October 9, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Meredith (October 9, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (October 9, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (October 9, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Meredith replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (October 7, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (October 7, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (October 2, 2014).