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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 4

Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 3:32 p.m. to 8:02 p.m.

Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street

Televised

Presiding

Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Guy Caron

Acting Members present

• Ruth Ellen Brosseau for Guy Caron (NDP)

• Garnett Genuis for Hon. Lisa Raitt (Conservative)

• Pat Kelly for Hon. Lisa Raitt (Conservative)

• Blake Richards for Hon. Lisa Raitt (Conservative)

Other Members present

• Ruth Ellen Brosseau (NDP)

• François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Brett Capstick, Analyst

• Michaël Lambert-Racine, Analyst

House of Commons

• Christine Lafrance, Procedural Clerk

Pre-Budget Consultations 2016

Witnesses

Broadbent Institute

• Andrew Jackson, Senior Policy Advisor, National Office

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

• Scott Ross, Director of Business Risk Management and Farm Policy

Canadian Federation of Students

• Bilan Arte, National Chairperson

Institute for Research on Public Policy

• Stephen Tapp, Research Director

RBC Financial Group

• Craig Wright, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist

National Farmers Union

• Jan Slomp, President

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

• Alex Ferguson, Vice-President, Policy and Performance

Canadian Medical Association

• Cindy Forbes, President

Canadian Nurses Association

• Anne Sutherland Boal, Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Union of Public Employees

• Toby Sanger, Senior Economist

YWCA Canada

• Ann Decter, Director, Advocacy and Public Policy

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

• Chris J. Bloomer, President and Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Convenience Stores Association

• Alex Scholten, President

Canadian Renewable Fuels Association

• Andrea Kent, President

Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association

• Kurt Eby, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations

Centre of Excellence in Energy Efficiency

• Donald Angers, Chief Executive Officer

Tourism Industry Association of Canada

• Charlotte Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer

Interregional agency for the development of information technologies and communications

• André Nepton, Coordinator

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, February 4, 2016, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations 2016.

Andrew Jackson, Scott Ross, Bilan Arte, Stephen Tapp, Craig Wright and Jan Slomp, by videoconference from Nanaimo, British Columbia, made statements and answered questions.

At 5:04 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:11 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Alex Ferguson, Cindy Forbes, Anne Sutherland Boal, Toby Sanger, Ann Decter and Chris J. Bloomer, by videoconference from Calgary, Alberta, made statements and answered questions.

At 6:34 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 6:44 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Alex Scholten, Andrea Kent, Kurt Eby, Donald Angers, Charlotte Bell and André Nepton, by videoconference from Roberval, Quebec, made statements and answered questions.

At 8:02 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Suzie Cadieux

Clerk of the Committee