Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee
on National Finance
First Session Thirty-Seventh Parliament, 2001-02
Chairman: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY
Tuesday, May 28, 2002 (in camera)
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Issue No. 40
Fifth meeting on: The examination of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003
APPEARING:
The Honourable Lucienne Robillard, P.C., M.P., President of the Treasury Board.
WITNESSES:
From the Treasury Board of Canada:
Mr. Richard J. Neville, Deputy Comptroller General, Comptrollership Branch;
Mr. David Bickerton, Executive Director, Expenditure Operations & Estimates Directorate, Comptrollership Branch;
Mr. Bill Austin, Assistant Secretary, Social and Cultural Sector;
Ms Roberta Santi, Associate Deputy Comptroller General, Comptrollership Branch;
Ms Jane Cochran, Executive Director, Procurement and Project Management Policy, Procurement and Project Management Policy Directorate, Comptrollership Branch.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lowell Murray, Chairman
The Honourable Anne C. Cools, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Banks, Bolduc, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), De Bané, P.C., Doody, Ferretti Barth, Finnerty, *Lynch- Staunton (or Kinsella), Stratton, Wiebe
*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 Ferretti Barth substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Furey (May 29, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator De Bané substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Tunney (May 29, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Finnerty substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Baker (May 28, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Baker substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth (May 28, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Baker substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Finnerty (May 27, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Wiebe substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (May 27, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Callbeck (May 9, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Setlakwe (May 9, 2002).