Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17

Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 (evening meeting)
Thursday, December 7, 2017 (first morning meeting)

Issue No. 56

Third and fourth meetings:
Bill C-63, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures

INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Supplementary Estimates (B), 2017-18)

• Minutes of Proceedings - December 6, 2017 (evening meeting)
• Minutes of Proceedings - December 7, 2017 (first morning meeting)
• Twenty-second Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 6, 2017 (evening meeting)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - December 7, 2017 (first morning meeting)

WITNESSES

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Department of Finance Canada:

Lynn Hemmings, Senior Chief, Financial Sector Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Daniel Robinson, Senior Economist, Framework Policy, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Marie-France Loranger, Senior Advisor, Financial Sector Policy Branch.

Bank of Canada:

Christopher Graham, Principal Economist, Regulatory Policy.

Natural Resources Canada:

Lorraine McKenzie Presley, Director General, Portfolio Management and Corporate Secretariat;

Victor Ndihokubwayo, Legal Counsel, Natural Resources Canada Legal Services.

Department of Finance Canada:

Hugues Vaillancourt, Director, Financial Sector Policy Branch.

Employment and Social Development Canada:

Tony Giles, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Dispute Resolution and International Affairs, Labour Program;

Réal Gagnon, Senior Policy Analyst, Labour Program;

Sharif Sadek, Policy Analyst, Labour Program.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada:

Melanie Hill, Special Advisor, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector;

Stephen Fertuck, Acting Director General, External and Trade Policy Branch.

Natural Resources Canada:

Joyce Henry, Director General, Office of Energy Efficiency.

Department of Justice:

Anna Dekker, Counsel, Judicial Affairs, Courts and Tribunal Policy.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada:

Jim Valerio, Director, Small Business Branch.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Darryl Sprecher, Senior Director, Expenditure Management Sector.

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Canadian Nurses Association:

Carolyn Pullen, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Strategy.

Centre for Health Science and Law:

Bill Jefferey, Executive Director.

Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick:

Frederick Dion, Director General (by video conference);

Paolo Fongemie, Mayor, Chaleur region representative on the governing board (by video conference).

Federally regulated employers - Transportation and Communications:

Derrick Hynes, Executive Director.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Percy Mockler, Chair

The Honourable Mobina S.B. Jaffer, Deputy Chair

The Honourable André Pratte, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Black, Campbell, Cools, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Maltais, Marshall, Marwah, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Marwah replaced the Honourable Senator Forest (December 7, 2017).