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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

43rd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 33

Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 3:01 p.m. to 7:04 p.m.

By Videoconference

Webcast

Presiding

Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Bloc Québécois

Gabriel Ste-Marie

NDP

Peter Julian

Acting Members present

• Raquel Dancho for Marty Morantz (Conservative)

• Rachael Harder for Michael Cooper (Conservative)

• Jag Sahota for James Cumming (Conservative)

• Karen Vecchio for Michael Cooper (Conservative)

Other Members present

• Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois)

• Elizabeth May (Green Party)

• Sameer Zuberi (Liberal)

In attendance

House of Commons

• Christine Lafrance, Procedural Clerk

• Alexandre Roger, Procedural Clerk

Library of Parliament

• Brett Capwell, Analyst

• Sylvain Fleury, Analyst

Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Witnesses

Association des camps du Québec

• Steven Grenier, President

Chicken Farmers of Canada

• Benoît Fontaine, President

• Michael Laliberté, Executive Director

Doctors Without Borders

• Joe Belliveau, Executive Director

• Jason Nickerson, Humanitarian Affairs Advisor

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting

• Daniel Bernhard, Executive Director

Precision Drilling Corporation

• Kevin Neveu, President and Chief Executive Officer

Ottawa Special Events

• Michael Wood, Partner

Western University

• Alan Shepard, President and Vice-Chancellor

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• Katherine Scott, Senior Researcher

Donwood Manor Personal Care Home

• Nina Labun, Chief Executive Officer

London Abused Women's Centre

• Megan Walker, Executive Director

SheEO

• Vicki Saunders, Founder

Shield of Athena Family Services

• Melpa Kamateros, Executive Director

Pursuant to the orders of reference of Tuesday, March 24, Saturday, April 11, and Tuesday, May 26, 2020, the committee resumed its study of the Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Steven Grenier, Benoît Fontaine, Joe Belliveau, Daniel Bernhard, Kevin Neveu, Michael Wood and Alan Shepard made statements, and with Michael Laliberté and Jason Nickerson, answered questions.

At 5:01 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:07 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Katherine Scott, Nina Labun, Megan Walker, Vicki Saunders and Melpa Kamateros on the panel on the impact on women, made statements and answered questions.

At 7:04 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

David Gagnon

Clerk of the Committee