Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable IRVING GERSTEIN
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Issue No. 18
First and second meetings:
The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 9, 12, 18, 22,
26, and 27 of Part 4 of Bill C-43, A second Act to implement certain
provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other
measures
APPEARING
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
The Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance.
WITNESSES
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Department of Finance Canada:
Paul Rochon, Deputy Minister;
Rob Stewart, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch;
Brian Ernewein, General Director, Tax Policy Branch.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Industry Canada:
Jenifer Aitken, Director General, Investment Review Sector;
Paul Halucha, Director General, Strategic Policy Branch.
Business Development Bank of Canada:
Michel Bergeron, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Public Affairs;
Mathieu Belleville, Assistant Vice President, Legal Affairs.
Department of Finance Canada:
Sophie Amberg, Senior Project Leader;
Lisa Pezzack, Director, Financial Sector Policy Branch;
Glenn Campbell, Director, Financial Sector Policy Branch;
Eleanor Ryan, Senior Chief, Financial Sector Policy Branch;
Erin O'Brien, Chief, Financial Sector Policy Branch.
Bank of Canada:
Ron Morrow, Chief, Financial Stability;
Robert Turnbull, Special Counsel, Financial System.
Credit Union Central of Canada:
Martha Durdin, President and CEO;
Marc-André Pigeon, Director, Financial Sector Policy.
Atlantic Central:
Michael Leonard, President and CEO (by video conference).
Vancity Credit Union:
Cristobal (Chris) Dobrzanski, Chief Economist.
Canadian Payments Association:
Doug Kreviazuk, Vice President, Next Generation Clearing and Settlement;
Deborah Wilson, Senior Legal Counsel;
Geoffroi Montpetit, Director, Public Affairs.
Canadian Bar Association:
Omar Wakil, Chair of the Foreign Investment Review Committee, Competition Law Section;
Noah Arshinoff, Staff Lawyer, Law Reform.
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, Ringuette, Tannas, 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 Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (November 20, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (November 20, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (November 19, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Black (November 19, 2014).