THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Tuesday, December 6, 2022
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 3:02 p.m., in room W120, 1 Wellington St., the chair, the Honourable Percy Mockler, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Bovey, Duncan, Galvez, Gignac, Loffreda, Marshall, Mockler, Moncion, Pate and Smith (10).

Other senators present: The Honourable Senator Cardozo (1).

Participating in the meeting: Tracy Amendola, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Shaowei Pu and Sylvain Fleury, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, November 17, 2022, the committee continued its consideration of the subject matter of Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022.

WITNESSES (by videoconference):

Generation Squeeze:

Paul Kershaw, Founder.

Canadian Real Estate Association:

Michael Bourque, Chief Executive Officer.

Canada's Building Trades Unions:

Rita Rahmati, Government Relations Specialist;

Kevin Lawlor, Senior Policy Analyst.

Canadians for Tax Fairness:

Katrina Miller, Executive Director.

Paul Kershaw, Michael Bourque, Rita Rahmati, Kevin Lawlor and Katrina Miller each made a statement and answered questions.

At 4:56 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mireille K. Aubé

Clerk of the Committee