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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chairman: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY, P.C.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2001

Issue No. 13

First meeting on: Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (56K)

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WITNESSES:

From the Department of Finance:

Susan Peterson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;

Frank Vermaeten, Senior Chief, Policy and Program Operations, Federal-Provincial Relations Divisions, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;

Dominique LaSalle, Chief, Strategic Planning, Federal- Provincial Relations Division, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., Chairman

The Honourable Isobel Finnerty, Deputy Chair

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The Honourable Senators:

Banks, Bolduc, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Comeau, Cools, Doody, Ferretti Barth, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Mahovlich, Stratton, Tunney

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Comeau was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kinsella (June 5, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Finnerty was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Sparrow (May 31, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Cools was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Taylor (May 31, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kenny (May 31, 2001).

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