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National Finance

THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS


OTTAWA, Tuesday, November 26, 2024
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 9:01 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, Galvez, Kingston, Loffreda, MacAdam, Pate, Ross and Smith (9).

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 29, 2022, the committee continued its examination of matters relating to federal estimates generally and other financial matters.

WITNESSES:

Office of the Procurement Ombud:

Alexander Jeglic, Procurement Ombud;

Derek Mersereau, Director, Inquiries, Quality Assurance and Risk Management.

Alexander Jeglic made a statement and, together with Derek Mersereau, answered questions.

At 9:59 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 10:01 a.m., the committee resumed.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the committee began its examination of the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

WITNESSES:

Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer:

Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer;

Mark Creighton, Senior Analyst.

Yves Giroux made a statement and answered questions.

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

ATTEST:

Andrea Mugny

Clerk of the Committee

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