Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Issue No. 26
Eighteenth meeting:
The expenditures set out in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015
WITNESSES
Marine Atlantic Inc.:
Paul Griffin, President and CEO;
Shawn Leamon, Chief Financial Officer.
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency:
Denise Frenette, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Corporate Services;
Stéphane Lagacé, Director General and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration.
Public Works and Government Services Canada:
Robert Wright, Regional Director General, Atlantic Region;
Joan MacKinnon, Regional Director, Cape Breton Operations, Atlantic Region;
Ryan Pilgrim, Director General, Budget and Cost Management, Finance and Administration Branch.
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec:
Marc Lemieux, Executive Director, Corporate Services;
Jack Noodelman, Acting Director General, Departmental Finances Branch.
Western Economic Diversification Canada:
Jim Saunderson, Assistant Deputy Minister - Alberta Region;
Francesco Del Bianco, Director General, Strategic Services and Advocacy.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair
The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Boisvenu, *Carignan (or Martin), Chaput, *Cowan (or Fraser), Eaton, Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Maltais, Rivard, Wallace
*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 Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (February 3, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (February 3, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (January 29, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (January 29, 2015).