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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

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

Chair: The Honourable JOSEPH A. DAY

Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Issue No. 32

First and second meetings:

Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016

and

First, second and third meetings:

Subject matter of Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures

WITNESSES

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 (morning)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Brian Pagan, Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector;

Marcia Santiago, Executive Director, Expenditure Management Sector.

Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA):

Michael Cautillo, President and CEO;

Linda Hurdle, Chief Financial Administrative Officer.


Tuesday, May 26, 2015 (afternoon)

Finance Canada:

Alexandra MacLean, Director, Tax Legislation, Tax Policy Branch;

James Greene, Director, Business Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Trevor McGowan, Senior Legislative Chief, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Miodrag Jovanovic, Director, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Geoff Trueman, General Director (Analysis), Tax Policy Branch.


Wednesday, May 27, 2015 (afternoon)

Employment and Social Development Canada:

Siobhan Harty, Director General, Social Policy;

Annette Ryan, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy;

Andrew Brown, Director, Self-Employed, Special Benefits and Horizontal Policy;

Stuart Pearce, Senior Policy Strategist, Self-Employed, Special Benefits and Horizontal Policy;

Charles Philippe Rochon, Assistant Director, Labour Law Analysis;

Margaret Hill, Senior Director, Strategic Policy and Legislative Reform;

David Charter, Senior Advisor, Strategic Policy.

Finance Canada:

Miodrag Jovanovic, Director, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Geoff Trueman, General Director (Analysis), Tax Policy Branch;

Daniel MacDonald, Chief, CHT/CST and Northern Policy, Federal-Provincial Relations Division;

Brad Recker, Senior Chief, Fiscal Policy Division, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch.

Natural Resources Canada:

Terence Hubbard, Director General, Petroleum Resources Branch, Energy Sector;

Jean-François Roman, Legal Counsel.

Employment and Social Development Canada:

Monika Bertrand, Executive Director, Employment Insurance Part II, Benefits and Measures.

Industry Canada:

Chris Padfield, Director General, Small Business Branch;

Derek Gowan, Manager, CSBFP Policy.

Public Safety Canada:

Mark Potter, Director General, Policing Policy;

Caroline Fobes, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel, Legal Services.

Industry Canada:

Denis Martel, Director, Patent Policy Directorate;

Scott Vasudev, Chief, Patent Administrative Policy Classification and International Affairs Division.

Canadian Heritage:

Nathalie Théberge, Director General, Copyright & International Trade Policy Branch;

Thomas Owen Ripley, Manager, Legislative & Parliamentary Issues, Copyright and International Trade Policy Branch.


Wednesday, May 27, 2015 (evening)

Marine Atlantic Inc.:

Paul Griffin, President and CEO.

Parks Canada:

Alan Latourelle, Chief Executive Officer.

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited:

Jonathan Lundy, Chief Transition Officer;

David Smith, Vice President of Operations.

Natural Resources Canada:

Kami Ramcharan, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Services Sector and Chief Financial Officer;

Niall O'Dea, Director General, Electricity Resources Branch, Energy Sector;

Daniel Lebel, Director General, Atlantic and Western Canada Branch, Geological Survey of Canada, Earth Sciences Sector.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada:

Marty Muldoon, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer;

Kevin Stringer, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management;

Michel Vermette, Deputy Commissioner, Vessel Procurement.


Thursday, May 28, 2015 (afternoon)

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada:

Marc-Yves Bertin, Director General, International Assistance Envelope Management, Strategic Policy.

Finance Canada:

Steven Kuhn, Chief, International Finance, International Trade and Finance Branch.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Kim Gowing, Senior Director, Pension Policy and Stakeholder Relations;

Bayla Kolk, Assistant Deputy Minister, Pensions and Benefits Sector;

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

Jennifer Champagne, Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joseph A. Day, Chair

The Honourable Larry W. Smith (Saurel), 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 Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Ogilvie (May 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (May 27, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (May 27, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (May 27, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (May 26, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (May 26, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (May 26, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (May 26, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (May 26, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (May 26, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (May 26, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (May 25, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (May 14, 2015).

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