THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 6:46 p.m., in room C128, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Percy Mockler, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Audette, Dagenais, Dupuis, Galvez, Loffreda, Marshall, Mockler, Pate, Smith and Yussuff (10).

Participating in the meeting: Shaowei Pu and Sylvain Fleury, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, the committee continued its examination of the Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

WITNESSES:

Public Services and Procurement Canada:

Wojciech (Wojo) Zielonka, Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch;

Alain Lagacé, Director General, Budget, Cost and Investment Management.

Public Health Agency of Canada:

Martin Krumins, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Management Branch;

Stephen Bent, Vice President, COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Task Force;

Chris Allison, Chief Data Officer and Director General, Data Management;

Luc Brisebois, Director General, Regional Operations;

Michael Collins, Vice President, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention;

Dr. Howard Njoo, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer;

Laurie Hunter, Director General, Emergency Management.

Canada Revenue Agency:

Hugo Pagé, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Commissioner, Finance and Administration Branch;

Cathy Hawara, Assistant Commissioner, Compliance Programs Branch;

Gillian Pranke, Assistant Commissioner, Assessment, Benefit and Service Branch;

Maxime Guénette, Assistant Commissioner, Service, Innovation and Integration Branch;

Geoff Trueman, Assistant Commissioner, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch;

David Conabree, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Collections and Verification Branch.

Wojciech (Wojo) Zielonka made a statement.

At 7:01 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 7:16 p.m., the committee resumed.

Martin Krumins and Hugo Pagé each made a statement and, together with Cathy Hawara, Gillian Pranke, Maxime Guénette, Howard Njoo, Stephen Bent, Michael Collins and Alain Lagacé, answered questions.

At 8:58 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mireille K. Aubé

Clerk of the Committee