Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15
Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015 (in camera)
Thursday, June 11, 2015 (in camera)
Issue No. 33
Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth meetings:
Subject matter of Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the
budget tabled in Parliament
on April 21, 2015 and other measures
Ninth meeting:
The expenditures set out in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016
Third meeting:
Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 2, 2015
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 3, 2015 (afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 3, 2015 (evening meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 4, 2015
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 9, 2015
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 11, 2015
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 2, 2015 (54K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 3, 2015 (afternoon meeting) (97K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 3, 2015 (evening meeting) (77K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 4, 2015 (71K)
APPEARING
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
The Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance
WITNESSES
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director.
Finance Canada:
Paul Rochon, Deputy Minister;
Nicholas Leswick, General Director, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch;
Andrew Marsland, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 (afternoon)
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada:
Jeffrey Astle, Immediate Past President;
Steven B. Garland, Past President.
Canadian Home Care Association:
Nadine Henningsen, Executive Director.
Public Service Alliance of Canada:
Chris Aylward, National Executive Vice President;
Liam McCarthy, PSAC Negotiations Coordinator.
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada:
Debi Daviau, President;
Isabelle Roy, General Counsel.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 (evening)
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada:
Suzanne Legault, Information Commissioner of Canada;
Nancy Bélanger, General Counsel, Director of Legal Services.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
Rennie Marcoux, Chief Strategic Policy and Planning Officer;
Peter Henschel, Deputy Commissioner, Specialized Policing Services.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence:
The Honourable Senator Daniel Lang, Chair.
The Honourable Senator Grant Mitchell, Deputy Chair.
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology:
The Honourable Senator Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, Chair.
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples:
The Honourable Senator Dennis Glen Patterson, Chair.
Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce:
The Honourable Senator Irving Gerstein, Chair.
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration:
The Honourable Senator George J. Furey, Deputy Chair.
Senate of Canada:
Michel Patrice, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel and Chief Parliamentary Precinct Services Officer;
Gilles Duguay, Director General, Parliamentary Precinct Services.
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 McIntyre (June 4, 2015).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (June 3, 2015).