Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Issue No. 96 - Minutes of Proceedings - May 29, 2019 (afternoon meeting)

OTTAWA, Wednesday, May 29, 2019
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The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 1:31 p.m., room B45, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Percy Mockler, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boehm, Deacon (Ontario), Duncan, Eaton, Forest, Forest-Niesing, Klyne, Marshall, Mockler, Neufeld and Pratte (11).

In attendance: Alex Smith and Shaowei Pu, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, May 2, 2019, the committee continued its study of the subject matter of all of Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 95.)

WITNESSES:

Green Economy Canada:

Richard Eberhardt, Director of Communications and Development.

Low Carbon Cities Canada:

Mary Pickering, Vice President, Programs and Partnerships, The Atmospheric Fund.

The chair made an opening statement.

Mr. Eberhardt and Ms. Pickering each made a statement and answered questions.

At 2:35 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Gaëtane Lemay
Clerk of the Committee