Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Issue No. 30
Fourth, fifth and sixth meetings:
Expenditures set out in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016
WITNESSES
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Employment and Social Development Canada:
Alain P. Séguin, Chief Financial Officer;
Michel Racine, Senior Director, Planning and Expenditure Management;
Paul Thompson, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch.
National Defence:
Claude Rochette, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Corporate Services;
Patrick Finn, Assistant Deputy Minister, Materiel Group;
Jaime Pitfield, Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure and Environment;
Major-General John Madower, Chief of Program.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Industry Canada:
David Enns, Chief Financial Officer;
Mitch Davies, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Sector;
Lawrence Hanson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Innovation Sector.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada:
Brent Herbert-Copley, Executive Vice President.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada:
Alfred Tsang, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Common Administrative Services Directorate;
Janet Walden, Chief Operating Officer.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
National Film Board of Canada:
Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada, Commissioner's Office;
Marina Darveau, Director, Finances.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission:
John Traversy, Secretary General;
Jim Stefanik, Director General of Finance.
Department of Canadian Heritage:
Patrick Borbey, Associate Deputy Minister;
Andrew Francis, Chief Financial Officer.
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, 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 Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (April 21, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (April 21, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (April 2, 2015).
The Honourable Senator Massicotte was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (April 2, 2015).