Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Issue No. 56 - Minutes of Proceedings - December 6, 2017 (evening meeting)

OTTAWA, Wednesday, December 6, 2017
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The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 6:48 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, Maltais, Marshall, Mockler and Pratte (8).

Other senator present: The Honourable Senator Marwah (1).

In attendance: Alex Smith and Sylvain Fleury, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament; Gaëtane Lemay, Clerk of the Committee.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, the committee continued its study of Bill C-63, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 55.)

WITNESSES:

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.

The chair made a statement.

At 6:54 p.m., Mr. Robinson, Mr. Vaillancourt and Ms. Hemmings each made a statement and, together with Mr. Graham, answered questions.

At 7:15 p.m., Ms. McKenzie Presley made a statement and, together with Mr. Ndihokubwayo, answered questions.

At 7:41 p.m., Ms. Dekker made a statement and answered questions.

At 8 p.m., Mr. Valeria and Mr. Sprecher each made a statement and answered questions.

At 8:18 p.m., Mr. Giles and Ms. Hill each made a statement and, together with Mr. Gagnon, Mr. Sadek and Mr. Fertuck, answered questions.

The chair made a statement.

It was agreed that the committee hold an additional meeting tomorrow morning, December 7, 2017, at 10:15 a.m., to complete this study.

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

ATTEST:

Shaila Anwar
Acting Clerk of the Committee