THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Tuesday, October 22, 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, Kingston, MacAdam, Marshall, Osler, Pate and Smith (10).

Participating in the meeting: Sylvain Fleury and Shaowei Pu, 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:

Statistics Canada:

Kathleen Mitchell, Assistant Chief Statistician, Corporate Strategy and Management and Chief Financial Officer.

Department of Justice Canada:

Bill Kroll, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Management Sector;

Laurie Sargent, Assistant Deputy Minister, Indigenous Rights and Relations Portfolio;

Matthew Taylor, Senior General Counsel and Director General, Criminal Law Policy Section.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service:

Jerome Laliberté, Deputy Director of Administration and Chief Financial Officer.

Communications Security Establishment:

Christopher Williams, Assistant Deputy Minister, Authorities, Compliance and Transparency;

Julie Chassé, Associate Chief Financial Officer.

Kathleen Mitchell, Bill Kroll, Jerome Laliberté and Christopher Williams each made a statement and, together with Laurie Sargent, Matthew Taylor and Julie Chassé, answered questions.

At 11:02 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Andrea Mugny

Clerk of the Committee