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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

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Monday, December 7, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Issue No. 19

First, second and third (final) meetings on:

Subject-matter of Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Fourth (final) meeting on:

Supplementary Estimates (B), 2009-2010

Third (final) meeting on:

Bill C-51, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and to implement other measures

INCLUDING:
THE ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Report on the Supplementary Estimates (B), 2009-2010)
THE TWELFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-51)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Eleventh Report
• Twelfth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 7, 2009 (86K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 8, 2009 (88K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 9, 2009 (42K)

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WITNESSES:

Monday, December 7, 2009

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada:

Frank Vermaeten, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch;

Louis Beauséjour, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch.

Service Canada:

Philip Clarke, Director General, Benefits Processing.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

As an individual:

Michel Bédard, Former Chief Actuary, Employment Insurance Fund.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business:

Lucie Charron, Senior Economist;

Ian Dawkins, Policy Analyst.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority:

Dr. Mike Harlos, Medical Director, Palliative Care Program (by video conference).

Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada:

Denise Page, Senior Health Policy Analyst, National Public Issues, Canadian Cancer Society.

As an individual:

Sharon Ruth.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Deputy Chair

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The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, Carignan, Carstairs, P.C., *Cowan (or Tardif), De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Eggleton, P.C., Finley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mitchell, Ringuette, Stratton

*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 Carstairs, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (December 9, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Stratton replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (December 8, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Baker, P.C. (December 8, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C. (December 8, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Baker, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C. (December 8, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Callbeck replaced the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C. (December 7, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (December 7, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (December 7, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (December 7, 2009).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (December 7, 2009).

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