THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 6:45 p.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, Loffreda, MacAdam, Marshall, Pate, Ross and Smith (11).
Other senators present: The Honourable Senator Oudar (1).
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, March 19, 2024, the committee began 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:
Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer:
Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer;
Jill Giswold, Senior Analyst.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Mike MacDonald, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Security Policy and Modernization;
Jean-François Fleury, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Directions and Digital Solutions, Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer;
Heidi Kutz, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, People and Culture;
Karen Cahill, Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer;
Emilio Franco, Executive Director, Procurement, Materiel, and Communities Directorate;
Rod Greenough, Acting Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;
Jacinthe Laporte, Senior Director, Expenditure Strategies and Estimates.
Yves Giroux made a statement and, together with Jill Giswold, answered questions.
At 7:46 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 7:49 p.m., the committee resumed.
Rod Greenough made a statement and, together with Karen Cahill, Jean-François Fleury and Mike MacDonald, answered questions.
At 8:48 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Mireille K. Aubé
Clerk of the Committee