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National Finance

44-1 44th Parliament, 1st Session (November 22, 2021 - Present)
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THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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[English]

Pursuant to the order of the Senate of May 5, 2022, the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day in room B30, Senate of Canada Building, and with videoconference, at 4 p.m. ET, the chair, the Honourable Percy Mockler, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boehm, Dagenais, Duncan, Gignac, Marshall, Moncion and Pate (7).

Members of the committee present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Forest, Gerba, Loffreda, Mockler and Richards (5).

Participating in the meeting: Keli Hogan, 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 Tuesday, May 10, 2022, the committee continued its consideration of Bill C-8, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, the committee continued its consideration of the subject matter of all of Bill C-19, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures.

APPEARING (by videoconference):

The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.

WITNESSES (by videoconference):

Department of Finance Canada:

Nick Leswick, Associate Deputy Minister;

Miodrag Jovanovic, Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch;

Alison McDermott, Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;

Isabelle Jacques, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Michèle Govier, Director General, International Trade Policy.

The minister made a statement and answered questions.

At 5:26 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mireille K. Aubé

Clerk of the Committee

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