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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18

Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER

Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Issue No. 65

First, second, third, fourth and fifth meetings:
Subject matter of all of Bill C-74, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures

WITNESSES

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (morning)

Department of Finance Canada:

Trevor McGowan, Director General, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Maude Lavoie, Director, Business Income Tax Division;

Pierre Leblanc, Director General, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (afternoon)

Department of Finance Canada:

Gervais Coulombe, Director, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Pierre Mercille, Director General (Legislation), Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch;

Shane Baddeley, Policy Analyst, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 (afternoon)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Sonya Read, Senior Director, Digital Policy.

Department of Finance Canada:

Marie-Josée Lambert, Director, Crown Corporation and Currency, Financial Sector Policy Branch.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 (evening)

MNP LLP:

Jennifer Kim Drever, Partner, Tax .

As an individual:

Peter Weissman, Partner, Cadesky Tax.

BDO Canada LLP:

Rachel Gervais, Partner, GTA Group Tax Service Line Leader.

Thursday, May 3, 2018 (afternoon)

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Sonya Read, Senior Director, Digital Policy;

Jeannine Ritchot, Executive Director, Regulatory Cooperation, Regulatory Affairs Secretariat.

Department of Finance Canada:

Marie-Josée Lambert, Director, Crown Corporation and Currency, Financial Sector Policy Branch;

Galen Countryman, Director General, Federal-Provincial Relations Division, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch.

Health Canada:

Gigi Mandy, Executive Director, Strategic Policy Branch, Canada Health Act Division.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR):

Christian Sylvain, Director General, Corporate and Government Affairs.

Employment and Social Development Canada:

Pirthipal Singh, Director, Tier 1 Partnerships and Services Offerings for Federal Partners, Partnerships Development and Management Directorate;

Julie Lalonde-Goldenberg, Director General, Partnerships Development and Management Directorate;

Andrew Brown, Acting Director General, Employment Insurance Policy;

Cara Scales, Director, Policy Analysis and Initiatives, Employment and Insurance Policy.

Western Economic Diversification Canada:

David Dewar, Director, Strategic Policy and Government Affairs, Policy and Strategic Direction.

Privy Council Office:

Selena Beattie, Director of Operations, Cabinet Affairs, Legislation and House Planning;

Anne Burgess, Legal Counsel.

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 (Alberta), Campbell, Cools, Day, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Marshall, Moncion, Neufeld, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes 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 Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Marwah (May 3, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Marwah replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (May 2, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator Massicotte (May 2, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (May 1, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator Massicotte (May 1, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (April 30, 2018).

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