THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Thursday, April 28, 2022
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[English]

Pursuant to the order of the Senate of March 31, 2022, the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day in room W110, 1 Wellington Street, and with videoconference, at 4:03 p.m. ET, the chair, the Honourable Percy Mockler, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boehm, Dagenais, Duncan, Marshall and Pate (5).

Members of the committee present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Forest, Galvez, Gignac, Loffreda, Mockler and Richards (6).

Participating in the meeting: Kalina Waltos, Procedural Clerk and Annie Trudel, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Shaowei Pu and Michaël Lambert-Racine, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, March 3, 2022, the committee continued its examination of the expenditures set out in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

APPEARING:

The Honourable Mona Fortier, P.C., M.P., President of the Treasury Board.

WITNESSES:

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Annie Boudreau, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Karen Cahill, Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer;

Marie-Chantal Girard, Acting Chief Human Resources Officer (by videoconference);

Monia Lahaie, Assistant Comptroller General, Financial Management Sector, Office of the Comptroller General (by videoconference);

Samantha Tattersall, Assistant Comptroller General, Acquired Services and Assets Sector, Office of the Comptroller General (by videoconference);

Paul Wagner, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Transformation, Office of the Chief Information Officer (by videoconference);

Justin Stuart, Acting Senior Director, Expenditure Management Sector (by videoconference).

The minister made a statement and, together with Monia Lahaie, Marie-Chantal Girard, Annie Boudreau, Paul Wagner, Justin Stuart and Samantha Tattersall, answered questions.

At 5:59 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mireille K. Aubé

Clerk of the Committee