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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Issue No. 11

First and second meetings on:

Bill S-227, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act and the Excise Tax Act (tax relief for Nunavik)

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, September 15, 2009:

The Honourable Senator Charlie Watt, sponsor of the bill.

Senate of Canada:

Michel Patrice, Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel.

As an individual:

Pascal Charron.

Arctic Consultants Inc.:

Yves Normandin, President.

Department of Finance Canada:

Sean Keenan, Senior Chief, Social Tax Policy, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Isabelle Brault, Chief, Employment and Education, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Rainer Nowak, Senior Chief, Sales Tax Division, General Operations and Border Issues.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009:

As an individual:

Gérard Duhaime, Canada Research Chair in Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Faculty of Social Sciences, Laval University.

Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec:

Rita Novalinga, General Manager;

Elaine Métras, Assistant General Manager.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami:

Mary Simon, President;

John Merritt, Senior Policy Advisor.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Banks, Callbeck, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Eggleton, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ringuette, Rivard

*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 Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (September 16, 2009).

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