THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance met this day at 9 a.m., in room W110, 1 Wellington St., the chair, the Honourable Claude Carignan, P.C., presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Cardozo, Carignan, P.C., Forest, Galvez, Gignac, Hébert, MacAdam, Oudar, Robinson and Ross (10).
Other senators present: The Honourable Senator Pupatello (1).
Participating in the meeting: Michaël Lambert-Racine, Analyst, Library of Parliament.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, May 7, 2026, the committee began its examination of the subject matter of Bill C-30, An Act to implement certain provisions of the spring economic update tabled in Parliament on April 28, 2026.
WITNESSES:
Department of Finance Canada:
Galen Countryman, Federal-Provincial Relations Division, Economic, Fiscal and Intergovernmental Policy Branch;
Gervais Coulombe, Director General (Legislation), Sales Tax Division;
Lauchlin MacEachern, Acting Director General, Legislation;
Nicolas Marion, Senior Director, Payments Policy, Financial Services Division;
Mark Maxson, Senior Director, Employment and Education Taxation;
Mark Walsh, Senior Director, Savings and Investment;
Shane Baddeley, Director, Economic Development, Business Income Tax Division;
Nina Gormanns, Director, Excise Policy.
Employment and Social Development Canada:
Mona Nandy, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy Directorate.
Transport Canada:
Jennifer Little, Director General, Air Policy.
Health Canada:
Matt Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Debbie Beresford-Green, Vice-President, Food Safety and Science.
Gervais Coulombe made a statement and, together with Shane Baddeley, Mark Maxson, Mark Walsh, Nicolas Marion, Nina Gormanns, Lauchlin MacEachern and Galen Countryman, answered questions.
At 9:47 a.m., the committee suspended.
At 9:56 a.m., the committee resumed.
Mona Nandy, Jennifer Little, Matt Jones and Debbie Beresford-Green each made a statement and answered questions.
At 11:03 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Sara Gajic
Clerk of the Committee