Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
National Finance
Third Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2004
Chair: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY, P.C.
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Issue No. 3
Second and final meeting on:
Supplementary Estimates (B) 2003-2004
First and final meeting on:
Main Estimates 2003-2004
and
First and second meetings on:
Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005
INCLUDING:
THE THIRD AND FOURTH REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE
(Supplementary Estimates ``B'' 2003-2004 and Main Estimates 2003-2004)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Third Report
- Fourth Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 9, 2004 (58K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 10, 2004 (106K)
APPEARING:
The Honourable Reg Alcock,
President of the Treasury Board of Canada
WITNESSES:
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
From the Treasury Board of Canada:
Mike Joyce, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management and Strategies Sector;
Daphne Meredith, Assistant Secretary, Economic Sector;
Bill Austin, Assistant Secretary, Social and Cultural Sector;
Susan Cartwright, Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector;
Laura Danagher, Executive Director, Expenditure Operations and Estimates Directorate.
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
From the Treasury Board of Canada:
Mike Joyce, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management and Strategies Sector.
MEMBERS OFTHE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lowell Murray, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Biron, Comeau, Doody, Downe, Ferretti Barth, Finnerty, Furey, Gauthier, *Lynch-Staunton, (or Kinsella), Oliver, Ringuette
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Finnerty (March 10, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Banks is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Downe (March 10, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Lawson is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth (March 10, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Stratton is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Comeau (March 10, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Comeau is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Stratton (March 11, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Downe is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Banks (March 12, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Lawson (March 12, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Finnerty is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich (March 12, 2004).