Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Issue No. 54 - Minutes of Proceedings - November 29, 2017

OTTAWA, Wednesday, November 29, 2017
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The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 6:45 p.m., in room 9, Victoria Building, the chair, the Honourable Percy Mockler, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Cools, Eaton, Forest, Marshall, Mockler, Neufeld and Pratte (8).

In attendance: Alex Smith and Sylvain Fleury, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, November 23, 2017, the committee continued its study of the expenses set out in Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. (For complete text of the order of reference, see minutes of proceedings, Issue No. 53.)

WITNESSES:

National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces:

Claude Rochette, Assistant Deputy Minister (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer;

Patrick Finn, Assistant Deputy Minister, Materiel.

Global Affairs Canada:

Arun Thangaraj, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer;

Shirley Carruthers, Acting Director General, Financial Resource Planning and Management Bureau;

Reid Sirrs, Director General, Security and Emergency Management.

Shared Services Canada:

Alain Duplantie, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer;

Sarah Paquet, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada:

Paul Thoppil, Chief Financial Officer, Results and Delivery Officer, Indigenous Services Canada and Crown- Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada;

Joe Wild, Assistant Deputy Minister, Treaties and Aboriginal Government Sector, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.

Mr. Rochette and Mr. Thangaraj each made a statement and, together with Mr. Finn, answered questions.

At 7:54 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 7:58 p.m., the committee resumed.

Mr. Duplantie and Mr. Thoppil each made a statement and, together with Mr. Wild, answered questions.

At 8:57 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Gaëtane Lemay
Clerk of the Committee