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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Issue No. 21

First and second meetings:

Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015

and

Fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh 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

APPEARING

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 (evening)

The Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance

WITNESSES

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 (morning)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Bill Matthews, Comptroller General of Canada;

Marcia Santiago, Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector.

National Defence:

Kevin Lindsey, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer;

Rear-Admiral Patrick Finn, Chief of Staff, Materiel Group;

Captain (Navy) Jeff Zwick, Acting Chief of Program.

Public Works and Government Services Canada:

Alex Lakroni, Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch;

Pierre-Marc Mongeau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property Branch;

Nancy Chahwan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Parliamentary Precinct Branch.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 (afternoon)

International Ship-Owners Alliance of Canada Inc.:

Kaity Arsoniadis-Stein, President and Secretary-General (by video conference).

PricewaterhouseCoopers:

Mike Shields, Partner, International Taxation Department (by video conference).

Enerkem:

Marie-Hélène Labrie, Senior Vice-President, Government Affairs and Communications (by video conference).

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 (afternoon)

Portfolio Management Association of Canada:

Katie A. Walmsley, President (by video conference).

Rogan Investment Management:

Lindsay Rogan, Managing Director (by video conference).

McMillan:

Michael Friedman, Partner (by video conference).

Ernst & Young LLP:

Joseph Micallef, Partner (by video conference).

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada:

David Schwartz, President;

Stephen Perry, Chair of the Industrial Designs Committee.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 (evening)

Transport Canada:

André Lapointe, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Scott Stevenson, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Regional Operations;

Paul Thoppil, Chief Financial Officer;

Stephen Van Dine, Director General, Northern Strategic Policy Branch.

Finance Canada:

Paul Rochon, Deputy Minister;

Brian Ernewein, General Director, Tax Policy Branch;

Rob Stewart, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada:

Marty Muldoon, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer;

Kevin Stringer, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management;

Michel Vermette, Deputy Commissioner, Vessel Procurement.

Thursday, November 20, 2014 (afternoon)

Royal Canadian Mint:

J. Marc Brûlé, Interim President and CEO;

Sean Byrne, Vice President, Operations;

André Aubrey, Interim Vice President, Administration and Finance;

Simon Kamel, Interim Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business:

Monique Moreau, Director, National Affairs.

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, Verner, P.C., 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 Verner, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (November 20, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (November 20, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (November 19, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Verner, P.C. (November 19, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (November 19, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (November 19, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (November 19, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (November 18, 2014).

The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (November 18, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (November 18, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (November 17, 2014).

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