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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Monday, November 25, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013

Issue No. 2

First and second meeting on:

Supplementary Estimates (B) 2013-2014

Sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth meetings on:

The subject-matter of Bill C-4, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures

APPEARING

The Honourable James Michael Flaherty, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance

WITNESSES

Monday, November 25, 2013 (afternoon meeting)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Bill Matthews, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Marcia Santiago, Acting Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector;

Steve Tremblay, Portfolio Director.

Monday, November 25, 2013 (afternoon meeting)

Department of Finance Canada:

Sean Keenan, Director, Sales Tax Division;

Jeremy Rudin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 (morning meeting)

Department of Justice Canada:

Dora Benbaruk, Director and General Counsel, Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Carl Trottier, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Compensation and Labour Relations Sector;

Dennis Duggan, Senior Policy Analyst, Compensation and Labour Relations Sector;

Drew Heavens, Senior Director, Compensation and Labour Relations Sector.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 (afternoon meeting)

Canadian Venture Capital Association:

Peter van der Velden, President.

Fondaction CSN: (by video conference)

Léopold Beaulieu, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Geneviève Morin, Chief Investment Officer.

C.D. Howe Institute: (by video conference)

Finn Poschmann, Vice President, Research.

University of Calgary School of Public Policy: (by video conference)

Jack Mintz, Director and Palmer Chair in Public Policy.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Michael Wernick, Deputy Minister;

Susan McGowan, Chief Financial Officer.

Public Safety Canada:

Mark Perlman, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Branch;

Shawn Tupper, Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and Regional Operations;

Dave Neville, Senior Director, Financial Assistance Programs, Emergency Management and Regional Operations.

Infrastructure Canada:

Yazmine Laroche, Associate Deputy Minister, Transport, Infrastructure and Communities;

Su Dazé, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services;

Natasha Rascanin, Associate Deputy Minister, Program Operations.

Department of National Defence, Canada

Kevin Lindsey, Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance and Corporate Services;

Lieutenant-General Guy Thibault, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff;

Rear-Admiral Patrick Finn, Chief of Staff, Materiel Group.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Fair Pensions for All: (by video conference)

Bill Tufts, Founder and Executive Director.

Union of Canadian Transportation Employees:

Christine Collins, National President.

Public Service Alliance of Canada:

Robyn Benson, National President;

Edith Bramwell, General Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bellemare, Buth, Callbeck, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Chaput, *Cowan (or Fraser), Doyle, Eaton, Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Mockler, Seth, Tkachuk

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (November 28, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (November 28, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (November 28, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (November 27, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (November 26, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (November 26, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Seth replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (November 26, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Dallaire (November 25, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Dallaire replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (November 25, 2013).

The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Seth (November 25, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (November 21, 2013).

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