Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Issue No. 66
Sixth, seventh and eighth meetings:
Subject matter of all of Bill C-74, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 8, 2018 (morning)
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 8, 2018 (afternoon)
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 9, 2018
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 8, 2018 (morning)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 8, 2018 (afternoon)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 9, 2018
WITNESSES
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 (morning)
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce:
Trevin S. Stratton, Chief Economist.
Canadian Federation of Independent Business:
Dan Kelly, President and Chief Executive Officer (by video conference).
Canadian Federation of Agriculture:
Ron Bonnett, President;
Scott Ross, Assistant Executive Director, Business Risk Management and Farm Policy.
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada:
Bruce Ball, Vice President, Taxation.
Ontario Medical Association:
Dr. Nadia Alam, President.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 (afternoon)
Beer Canada:
Luke Harford, President.
Cannabis Canada Council:
Allan Rewak, Executive Director.
As an individual:
Sarah Diamond, Chief Administration Officer and Counsel, Halton Regional Police Association.
Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer:
Jean-Denis Fréchette, Parliamentary Budget Officer;
Jason Jacques, Senior Director, Costing and Budgetary Analysis.
First Nations Tax Commission:
C.T. (Manny) Jules, Chief Commissioner.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Paws Fur Thought:
Medric Cousineau, Co-Founder.
Canadian Cancer Society:
Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst.
United Way Centraide Canada:
Bill Morris, National 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, Cools, Day, *Day (or Mercer), Deacon, Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Marshall, Massicotte, Moncion, Neufeld, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes 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 Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Black (Alberta) (May 8, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (May 8, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (May 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Deacon was added to the membership (May 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Campbell was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (May 7, 2018).