THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Wednesday, June 25, 2025
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 6:48 p.m., in room C128, Senate of Canada Building.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Gignac, Hébert, Kingston, MacAdam, Moreau, Pate, Pupatello and Varone (8).
Participating in the meeting: Sylvain Fleury and Michaël Lambert-Racine, analysts, Library of Parliament.
The clerk of the committee presided over the election of the chair.
The Honourable Senator Gignac moved that the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., do take the chair.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The clerk informed the committee of the unavoidable absence of the chair and presided over the election of an acting chair.
The Honourable Senator Forest moved that the Honourable Senator Gignac be the acting chair.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The acting chair took the chair.
The chair presided over the election of the deputy chair.
The Honourable Senator Kingston moved that the Honourable Senator Forest be deputy chair of the committee.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
At 6:49 p.m., the deputy chair, the Honourable Senator Forest, took the chair.
At 6:50 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 6:51 p.m., pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee resumed in camera to consider draft reports.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, May 29, 2025, the committee continued its examination of expenditures set out in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, with the exception of Library of Parliament Vote 1.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the committee continued its examination of the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.
It was agreed that the committee allow the transcription of the in camera portion of today's meeting, that one copy be kept with the clerk of the committee for consultation by committee members or staff, and that the transcript be destroyed by the clerk when authorized to do so by the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, but no later than at the end of this parliamentary session.
It was agreed that the draft reports, as amended, be adopted, in both official languages, and that the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be empowered to approve the final versions of the reports, in both official languages, taking into consideration this meeting’s discussions, and with any necessary editorial, grammatical and translation changes required.
It was agreed that the deputy chair be authorized to table the reports in the Senate, in both official languages, as soon as possible.
At 7:31 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Sara Gajic
Clerk of the Committee