Past Session:

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

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

Chair: The Honourable PERCY MOCKLER

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Issue No. 82

Third and fourth meetings:
Subject matter of all of Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures

WITNESSES

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 (afternoon meeting)

Department of Finance Canada:

Scott Winter, Director, Trade and Tariff Policy, International Trade Policy Division;

Diane Kelloway, Statistical Analyst, International Trade Policy Division, International Trade and Finance Branch;

Nicole Giles, Director, Assistant Deputy Minister's Office, International Trade and Finance Branch;

Louisa Pang, Director, International Finance and Development Division;

Zachary Edwards, Junior Analyst/Economist, International Finance and Development Division, International Trade and Finance Branch.

Employment Social Development Canada:

Marianna Giordano, Director, CPP Policy and Legislation;

Lori Straznicky, Executive Director, Pay Equity Task Team, Labour Program;

Bruce Kennedy, Manager, Pay Equity Task Team, Labour Program.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:

Mark Hulett, Senior Advisor, Spending Reviews and Expenditure Policy Division;

Renée Caron, Senior Director, Pay Equity, Compensation and Labour Relations Sector;

Jérôme Mercier, Director, Compensation Costing and Research, Expenditure Management Sector.

Public Services and Procurement Canada:

Marie-Eve Gagné, Policy Analyst, Portfolio Affairs Sector;

Charles Bernard, Director General, Portfolio Affairs Sector.

Global Affairs Canada:

Mhairi Petersen, Director, International Assistance Envelope Management;

Deirdre Kent, Director General, International Assistance Policy;

Chantal Larocque, Deputy Director, Development Finance;

Michelle Kaminski, Director, Office of Innovative Finance, Grants and Contributions Management;

Ryan Clark, Director, Assistant Deputy Minister's Office for Global Issues and Development.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 (evening meeting)

Canada's Ecofiscal Commission:

Dale Beugin, Executive Director.

As an individual:

Nicholas Rivers, Associate Professor, Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa.

Imagine Canada:

Bruce MacDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer.

As an individual:

Mark Blumberg, Partner, Blumberg Segal LLP.

Miller Thomson LLP:

Susan Manwaring, Partner and Leader, Social Impact Group.

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, Boehm, *Day (or Mercer), Deacon (Ontario), Eaton, Forest, Forest-Niesing, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), Klyne, Marshall, Moncion, Neufeld, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)