THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 3:01 p.m., in room B45, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Percy Mockler, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Dagenais, Forest, Galvez, Gignac, Loffreda, MacAdam, Marshall, Mockler, Pate and Smith (10).

Participating in the meeting: Shaowei Pu and André Léonard, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, the committee continued its examination of the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.

WITNESSES:

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Annie Boudreau, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Karen Cahill, Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer;

Samantha Tattersall, Assistant Comptroller General, Acquired Services and Assets Sector;

Marie-Chantal Girard, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employee Relations and Total Compensation;

Leonard Bastien, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Office of the Chief Information Officer;

Jacinthe Laporte, Senior Director, Expenditure Management Sector.

Department of Finance Canada:

Véronique Beaumier-Robert, Deputy Chief Financial Officer;

Julie Turcotte, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Policy Branch;

Evelyn Dancey, Assistant Deputy Minister, Fiscal Policy Branch;

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

Annie Boudreau and Véronique Beaumier-Robert each made a statement and, together with Karen Cahill, Alison McDermott, Marie-Chantal Girard, Samantha Tattersall, Evelyn Dancey, Julie Turcotte and Leonard Bastien, answered questions.

At 4:39 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mireille K. Aubé

Clerk of the Committee