Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chairman: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY, P.C.

Tuesday, October 2, 2001 (in camera)
Wednesday, October 3, 2001 (in camera)
Wednesday, October 17, 2001

Issue No. 21

First and second meetings on: The effectiveness and possible improvements to the present equalization policy in ensuring that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable levels of public service at reasonably comparable levels of taxation

Fifth meeting on: The role of government in the financing of deferred maintenance costs in Canada's post-secondary institutions

APPEARING:

The Honourable Peter Mesheau, Minister of Finance of New Brunswick

WITNESS:

From the Government of New Brunswick:

John Mallory, Deputy Minister of Finance.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., Chairman

The Honourable Isobel Finnerty, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bolduc, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cools, Day, Ferretti Barth, Furey, Kinsella, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Mahovlich, Stratton, Tunney, 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 Wiebe substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Banks (October 17, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Day substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Finnerty (October 17, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Furey is added to the list of members (October 15, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fraser (September 28, 2001).