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National Finance


Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY


Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Issue No. 27

Nineteenth meeting:

Expenditures set out in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015

and

First and second meetings:

Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015


WITNESSES

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario:

Susan Anzolin, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Services Branch;

Alain Beaudoin, Vice President, Policy, Partnerships & Performance Management.

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency:

Janet King, President;

Mitch Bloom, Vice President;

Yves Robineau, Chief Financial Officer.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Brian Pagan, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Marcia Santiago, Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector;

Darryl Sprecher, Senior Director, Expenditure Management Sector.

Employment and Social Development Canada:

Alain P. Séguin, Chief Financial Officer;

Alexis Conrad, Director General, Temporary Foreign Workers Program, Skills and Employment Branch;

Gail Johnson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Learning Branch;

Dominique La Salle, Director General, Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat.

National Defence:

Claude Rochette, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Corporate Services;

Major-General John Madower, Chief of Program;

Edison Stewart, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Affairs;

Jaime Pitfield, Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure and Environment.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada:

Arun Thangaraj, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer;

Lauren Webster, Director of Financial Management, Corporate Planning, Finance and Information Branch.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Paul Thoppil, Chief Financial Officer;

Sheilagh Murphy, Acting Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Regional Operations;

Stephen Van Dine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Northern Affairs;

Marla Israel, Director General, Social Policy and Programs Branch.

Public Works and Government Services Canada:

Nancy Chahwan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Parliamentary Precinct Branch;

Alex Lakroni, Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch;

Pierre-Marc Mongeau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property Branch.

Public Health Agency of Canada:

Carlo Beaudoin, Chief Financial Officer;

Dr. Theresa Tam, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer and Branch Head, Health Security Infrastructure Branch.

Shared Services Canada:

Elizabeth Tromp, Acting Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, and Chief Financial Officer;

Kevin Radford, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations.


MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Larry W. Smith, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bellemare, *Carignan, P.C., (or Martin), Chaput, *Cowan (or Fraser), Eaton, Gerstein, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Mockler, Rivard, Wallace

*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 Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (February 24, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (February 24, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (February 23, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (February 23, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (February 23, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (February 18, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (February 5, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (February 5, 2015).


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