Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 (evening meeting)
Thursday, December 7, 2017 (first morning meeting)
Issue No. 56
Third and fourth meetings:
Bill C-63, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures
INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Supplementary Estimates (B), 2017-18)
- Minutes of Proceedings - December 6, 2017 (evening meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - December 7, 2017 (first morning meeting)
- Twenty-second Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 6, 2017 (evening meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 7, 2017 (first morning meeting)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Department of Finance Canada:
Lynn Hemmings, Senior Chief, Financial Sector Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch;
Daniel Robinson, Senior Economist, Framework Policy, Financial Sector Policy Branch;
Marie-France Loranger, Senior Advisor, Financial Sector Policy Branch.
Bank of Canada:
Christopher Graham, Principal Economist, Regulatory Policy.
Natural Resources Canada:
Lorraine McKenzie Presley, Director General, Portfolio Management and Corporate Secretariat;
Victor Ndihokubwayo, Legal Counsel, Natural Resources Canada Legal Services.
Department of Finance Canada:
Hugues Vaillancourt, Director, Financial Sector Policy Branch.
Employment and Social Development Canada:
Tony Giles, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Dispute Resolution and International Affairs, Labour Program;
Réal Gagnon, Senior Policy Analyst, Labour Program;
Sharif Sadek, Policy Analyst, Labour Program.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada:
Melanie Hill, Special Advisor, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector;
Stephen Fertuck, Acting Director General, External and Trade Policy Branch.
Natural Resources Canada:
Joyce Henry, Director General, Office of Energy Efficiency.
Department of Justice:
Anna Dekker, Counsel, Judicial Affairs, Courts and Tribunal Policy.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada:
Jim Valerio, Director, Small Business Branch.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Darryl Sprecher, Senior Director, Expenditure Management Sector.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Canadian Nurses Association:
Carolyn Pullen, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Strategy.
Centre for Health Science and Law:
Bill Jefferey, Executive Director.
Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick:
Frederick Dion, Director General (by video conference);
Paolo Fongemie, Mayor, Chaleur region representative on the governing board (by video conference).
Federally regulated employers - Transportation and Communications:
Derrick Hynes, Executive Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Percy Mockler, Chair
The Honourable Mobina S.B. Jaffer, Deputy Chair
The Honourable André Pratte, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, Black, Campbell, Cools, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Maltais, Marshall, Marwah, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Marwah replaced the Honourable Senator Forest (December 7, 2017).