Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable LARRY W. SMITH
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Issue No. 27
First and second meetings:
Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018
and
Third meeting:
Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017
WITNESSES
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Department of Finance Canada:
Christopher Meyers, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Services Branch;
Bradley Recker, Director, Fiscal Policy Division, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch;
Glenn Purves, Director General, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;
Leah Anderson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Brian Pagan, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;
Marcia Santiago, Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector;
Grace Chenette, Executive Director, Corporate Services.
Infrastructure Canada:
Darlene Boileau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer;
Marc Fortin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Program Operations.
Veterans Affairs Canada:
Maureen Sinnott, Director General, Finance;
Faith McIntyre, Director General, Policy and Research Division.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC):
Mark Perlman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Financial Officer Branch;
Jason Won, Director General, Financial Management and Advisory Services and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Chief Financial Officer Branch;
Paul Thompson, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch;
Alexis Conrad, Assistant Deputy Minister, Learning Branch;
Kathryn McDade, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Income Security and Social Development Branch;
Cliff Groen, Assistant Deputy Minister, Benefits Delivery Services, Transformation and Integrated Service Management Branch;
Doug Murphy, Director General, Social Policy Directorate, Strategic and Service Policy Branch.
Global Affairs Canada:
Arun Thangaraj, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer;
Shirley Carruthers, Acting Director General, Financial Resource Planning and Management Bureau;
Pamela O'Donnell, Acting Director General, Peace and Stabilization Operations Program.
National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces:
Brigadier-General Werner Liedtke, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Director General, Financial Management;
Colonel Sylvain Ménard, Director, Defence Programme Coordination;
André Fillion, Chief of Staff (Materiel).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Chair
The Honourable Anne C. Cools, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Baker, P.C., Black, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Day, Eaton, Forest, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Marshall, Martin, Mockler, Moncion, Pratte, Raine, Woo
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (March 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (March 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (March 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Moncion replaced the Honourable Senator Marwah (March 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (March 7, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Marwah replaced the Honourable Senator Moncion (March 6, 2017).