Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Issue No. 20
Seventeenth meeting:
Expenditures set out in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015
and
First, second and third meetings:
Subject matter of Bill C-43, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 4, 2014 (morning meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 4, 2014 (afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 5, 2014 (afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 5, 2014 (evening meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 4, 2014 (morning meeting) (86K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 4, 2014 (afternoon meeting) (95K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 5, 2014 (afternoon meeting) (94K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 5, 2014 (evening meeting) (93K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 (morning)
National Research Council of Canada:
Michel A. Piché, Vice President, Corporate Management & Chief Financial Officer;
Gail E. McLellan, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Director General, Finance Branch;
Bogdan Ciobanu, Vice President, Industrial Research Assistance Program.
International Development Research Centre:
Stephen McGurk, Acting Vice President, Programs and Partnership Branch;
Sylvain Dufour, Vice President, Resources, and Chief Financial Officer.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 (afternoon)
Finance Canada:
Alexandra MacLean, Director, Tax Legislation, Tax Policy Branch;
Miodrag Jovanovic, Director, Personal Income Tax;
Trevor McGowan, Senior Chief, International Inbound Investments;
Geoffrey Coke, Tax Policy Officer, Business Income Tax Division;
Kevin Shoom, Senior Chief, International Taxation and Special Projects;
Pierre Mercille, Senior Legislative Chief;
Adam Martin, Tax Policy Officer, Excise Act.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 (afternoon)
Finance Canada:
Pierre Mercille, Senior Legislative Chief;
Adam Martin, Tax Policy Officer, Excise Act;
Elisha Ram, Director, Financial Markets Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch;
François Masse, Chief, Labour, Market, Employment and Learning.
Industry Canada:
Denis Martel, Director, Patent Policy Directorate;
Mesmin Pierre, Director, Copyright and Industrial Design Branch;
Agnes Lajoie, Assistant Commissioner, Patent Branch, Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bellemare, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Chaput, *Cowan (or Fraser), Eaton, Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Mockler, Rivard, Wells
*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 McIntyre (November 5, 2014).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (November 4, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (November 4, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (November 3, 2014).