THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 9 a.m., in room W110, 1 Wellington St., the chair, the Honourable Claude Carignan, P.C., presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Carignan, P.C., Dalphond, Forest, Galvez, Gignac, Kingston, Loffreda, MacAdam, Marshall, Pate, Ross and Smith (12).

Participating in the meeting: Andrea Mugny, Procedural Clerk, Committees Directorate; Shaowei Pu and Mehrab Kiarsi, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the committee continued its examination of the expenditures set out in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, with the exception of Library of Parliament Vote 1.

WITNESSES:

Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada:

Caroline Maynard, Information Commissioner of Canada.

Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada:

Harriet Solloway, Public Sector Integrity Commissioner.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:

Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner:

The Honourable Konrad W. von Finckenstein, Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner;

Sandy Tremblay, Director, Corporate Management.

Elections Canada:

Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer.

Caroline Maynard, Harriet Solloway, Philippe Dufresne, the Honourable Konrad W. von Finckenstein and Stéphane Perrault each made a statement and answered questions.

At 9:25 a.m., the deputy chair, the Honourable Senator Forest, took the chair.

At 9:28 a.m., the Honourable Senator Carignan resumed the chair.

At 11:04 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mireille K. Aubé

Clerk of the Committee