Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19
Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Issue No. 94
Third, fourth and fifth meetings:
Main Estimates for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2020
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 7, 2019 (morning meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 7, 2019 (afternoon meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - May 8, 2019
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 7, 2019 (morning meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 7, 2019 (afternoon meeting)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 8, 2019
APPEARING:
The Honourable Joyce Murray, P.C., M.P., President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital GovernmentWITNESSES
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 (morning meeting)
Environment and Climate Change Canada:
Carol Najm, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services and Finance Branch;
John Moffet, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Branch.
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency:
Alan Kerr, Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer;
Christine Loth-Bown, Vice President, Policy Development Sector.
Environment and Climate Change Canada:
Matt Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister, Pan-Canadian Framework Implementation Office;
Niall O'Dea, Associate Deputy Minister, Canadian Wildlife Services.
Health Canada:
Randy Larkin, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer;
Edward De Sousa, Director General, Resource Management Directorate;
Eric Costen, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 (afternoon meeting)
Indigenous Services Canada:
Paul Thoppil, Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Officer;
Paul Pelletier, Director General, Education Branch;
Claudia Ferland, Director General, Regional Infrastructure Delivery Branch.
Infrastructure Canada:
Nathalie Bertrand, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Services;
Nathalie Lechasseur, Director General, Programs Integration, Program Operations.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation:
Evan Siddall, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Lisa Williams, Chief Financial Officer.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Karen Cahill, Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer;
Glenn Purves, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;
Marcia Santiago, Executive Director, Expenditure Strategies and Estimates.
Privy Council Office:
Matthew Shea, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer;
Michael Hammond, Executive Director, Finance, Planning and Administration Directorate.
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, Boehm, Dalphond, *Day (or Mercer), Deacon (Nova Scotia), Duncan, Eaton, Forest-Niesing, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Klyne, Marshall, 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 orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
he Honourable Senator Deacon (Nova Scotia) replaced the Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario) (May 8, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Dalphond replaced the Honourable Senator Forest (May 8, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Forest replaced the Honourable Senator Dalphond (May 2, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (May 2, 2019).