Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Issue No. 16
Sixth, seventh and eighth meetings on:
Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015
- Minutes of Proceedings - September 17, 2014
- Minutes of Proceedings - September 23, 2014
- Minutes of Proceedings - September 24, 2014
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - September 17, 2014 (109K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - September 23, 2014 (97K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - September 24, 2014 (86K)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat — Office of the Comptroller General of Canada:
Bill Matthews, Comptroller General of Canada;
Hugo Pagé, Acting Assistant Comptroller General, Internal Audit Sector.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Sally Thornton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;
Marcia Santiago, Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited:
Natalie Kinloch, Chief Operating Officer;
Richard Iglinski, Corporate Comptroller.
The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated:
Claude Lachance, Senior Director, Administration;
Jean-Vincent Lacroix, Director, Communications.
Infrastructure Canada:
Thao Pham, Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal Montreal Bridges.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Canada Border Services Agency:
André Joannette, Director General, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Resource Management Directorate, Comptrollership Branch;
Caroline Xavier, Associate Vice President, Operations Branch.
Natural Resources Canada:
Kami Ramcharan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Services Sector and Chief Financial Officer;
Jennifer Hollington, Director General, Planning, Performance Management and Reporting;
Jean-Frédéric Lafaille, Director General, AECL Restructuring.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Chaput, *Cowan (or Fraser), Eaton, Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Marshall, Mockler, Oh, 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 Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (September 24, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (September 24, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (September 23, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (September 23, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Downe was removed from the membership of the committee, replacement pending (September 23, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Runciman replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (September 22, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Downe was added to the membership of the committee (September 22, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Wells was added to the membership of the committee (September 12, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Buth resigned and was removed from the membership of the committee, replacement pending (August 10, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Callbeck retired and was removed from the membership of the committee, replacement pending (July 25, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Plett was removed from the membership of the committee, replacement pending (June 17, 2014).