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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

43rd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 7

Thursday, February 6, 2020, 3:37 p.m. to 6:46 p.m.

Room 035-B, West Block

Televised

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

• Andy Fillmore for Sean Fraser (Liberal)

• Philip Lawrence for Michael Cooper (Conservative)

Associate Members present

• Francesco Sorbara (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Andrew Barton, Analyst

Committee Business

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

By unanimous consent, it was agreed, — That, notwithstanding the committee’s routine motion on the distribution of documents adopted on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, and the usual practice of committees concerning access to electronic documents, Pat Kelly, M.P., be added to the committee’s distribution list and be granted access to the committee’s digital binder site for the remainder of the parliamentary session.

Pre-Budget Consultations 2020

Witnesses

Beer Canada

• Luke Chapman, President

Great Lakes Fishery Commission

• Marc Gaden, Director of Communications

• Gregory McClinchey, Legislative Liaison

Mining Association of Canada

• Brendan Marshall, Vice-President, Economic and Northern Affairs

MNP LLP

• Jennifer Kim Drever, Regional Tax Leader

• Amanjit Lidder, Senior Vice-President, Taxation Services

Réseau FADOQ

• Gisèle Tassé-Goodman, President, Provincial Secretariat

As an individual

• Allan Lanthier, Retired Partner of Ernst and Young and Former Chair of Canadian Tax Foundation

Agri-food Innovation Council

• Serge Buy, Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Cancer Society

• Kelly Masotti, Director, Public Issues

• Helena Sonea, Senior Manager, Public Issues

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

• Scott Ross, Assistant Executive Director

Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada

• Morna Ballantyne, Executive Director, Child Care Now

Dairy Farmers of Canada

• Pierre Lampron, President

• David Wiens, Vice-President

Morgan Construction and Environmental Ltd.

• Peter Kiss, President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, the committee resumed its study of the pre-budget consultations 2020.

Luke Chapman, Gregory McClinchey, Brendan Marshall, Amanjit Lidder and Gisèle Tassé-Goodman made statements and, with Marc Gaden and Jennifer Kim Drever, answered questions.

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

At 5:15 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Allan Lanthier, Serge Buy, Kelly Masotti, Helena Sonea, Scott Ross, Morna Ballantyne, by videoconference from Harrison Mills, British Columbia, Pierre Lampron, David Wiens and Peter Kiss, by videoconference from Palm Springs, California, made statements and answered questions.

At 6:46 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

David Gagnon

Clerk of the Committee