Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable DAVID TKACHUK
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Issue No. 21
Third, fourth and fifth meetings:
Subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 3, 8, 18 and 20 of
Part 4 of Bill C-44, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled
in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 30, 2017
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 31, 2017
- Minutes of Proceedings - June 1, 2017
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 30, 2017
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 31, 2017
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - June 1, 2017
APPEARING
The Honourable Bill Morneau, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance
WITNESSES
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Business Council of Canada:
Brian Kingston, Vice President, Policy.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce:
Hendrik Brakel, Senior Director, Economic, Financial and Tax Policy;
Ryan Greer, Director, Transportation and Infrastructure Policy.
C.D. Howe Institute:
Benjamin Dachis, Associate Director, Research (by video conference).
AdvantageBC:
Colin Hansen, President and CEO (by video conference).
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
As an individual:
Matti Siemiatycki, Associate Professor, University of Toronto (by video conference).
Department of Finance Canada:
Paul Rochon, Deputy Minister.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
As an individual:
Patrick Taillon, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Laval University.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable David Tkachuk, Chair
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Campbell, Carignan, P.C., Enverga,
*Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Maltais, Massicotte, Moncion, Omidvar, Ringuette,
*Smith (or Martin), Tannas, Unger,
Wallin, Wetston
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Omidvar replaced the Honourable Senator Black (June 1, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (June 1, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Woo replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (May 31, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was added to the membership (May 30, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Unger was added to the membership (May 18, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Plett was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (May 18, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (May 18, 2017).