THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Wednesday, November 23, 2022
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 6:45 p.m., in room W120, 1 Wellington St., the chair, the Honourable Percy Mockler, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boehm, Bovey, Duncan, Galvez, Gignac, Loffreda, Marshall, Mockler, Moncion and Smith (10).

Participating in the meeting: Tracy Amendola, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Shaowei Pu and Sylvain Fleury, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, November 17, 2022, the committee continued its consideration of the subject matter of Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022.

WITNESSES:

Canadian Taxpayers Federation:

Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director;

Nicholas Gagnon, Director.

Canadian Bar Association:

Steeves Bujold, President (by videoconference);

Stephen Bowman, Member (by videoconference).

Franco Terrazzano and Steeves Bujold each made a statement and, together with Stephen Bowman, answered questions.

At 8:25 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mireille K. Aubé

Clerk of the Committee