Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
National Finance
Third Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2004
Chair: The Honourable LOWELL MURRAY, P.C.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Issue No. 9
First and final meeting on:
Bill C-30, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 23, 2004
INCLUDING:
THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-30)
APPEARING:
The Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P.,
Minister of Finance
WITNESSES:
From the Department of Finance:
Louis Lévesque, Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;
Serge Dumont, General Director, Assistant Deputy Minister's Office, Tax Policy Branch;
Peter Devries, Director, Assistant Deputy Minister's Office, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch.
MEMBERS OF THE 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, *Lynch-Staunton, (or Kinsella), Oliver, Ringuette
* 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 Ferretti Barth is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (May 12, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Comeau (May 12, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Oliver (May 12, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Comeau is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton (May 13, 2004).
The name of the Honourable Senator Oliver is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (May 13, 2004).