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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 4
Thursday, November 4, 1999
The Standing Committee on Finance met at 9:35 a.m. this day, in Room 209, West Block, the Chair, Maurizio Bevilacqua, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Carolyn Bennett, Maurizio Bevilacqua, Scott Brison, Roy CullenKen Epp, Gary Pillitteri, Paul Szabo.
Acting Member present: Antoine Dubé for Yvan Loubier.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Odette Madore; Jean Soucy, Researchers and Marion Wrobel, Senior Analyst.
Witnesses: From the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada: Peter Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer. From the Automotive Industries Association of Canada: Michael Bryan, Chairman, Board of Directors; Beverlie Cook, Vice-President. From the Partnership Group in Science and Engineering: Dr. Denis A. St-Onge, Chair; Dr. Howard Alper, Past Chair. From the Insurance Bureau of Canada: George D. Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer; Paul Kovacs, Senior Vice-President, Policy Development and Chief Economist. From the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Dr. Thomas A. Brzustowski, President. From the Canadian Bureau for International Education: Jim Fox, President; Jennifer Humphries, Director, Membership and Corporate Services. From the Canadian Consortium for Research: Dr. Don McDiarmid, Director, Professional Affairs, Canadian Association of Physicists; Francine Ford, Executive Director, Science Policy Officer, Canadian Association of Physicists. From the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Dr. Marc Renaud, President; Tim Brodhead, Chief Executive Officer, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. From the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation Louise Robert, Executive Director; Garth Williams, Manager, Public Affairs. From the National Research Council of Canada: Dr. Arthur J. Carty, President. From the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada: Timothy Page, President; Jim Miller, Director, Engineering Division, Region of Ottawa-Carleton; Jim Miller, Director, Engineering Division, Region of Ottawa-Carleton. From the Canadian Academy of Engineering: Dr. Philip Cockshutt, Executive Director.
In accordance with its mandate under Standing Order 83.1, the Committee resumed its Pre-Budget Consultations. (See Minutes of Proceedings, Tuesday, November 2, 1999, Meeting No. 2).
Peter Smith, Michael Bryan, Denis St. Onge, George Anderson, George Brzustowski and Jim Fox made statements and, with the other participants in the roundtable, answered questions.
At 11:15 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 11:31 a.m., the sitting resumed.
Francine Ford, Marc Renaud, Tim Broadhead, Louise Robert, Garth Williams, Arthur Carty, Tim Page, Jim Miller and Philip Cockshutt made statements and, with the other participants in the roundtable, answered questions.
At 1:08 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Pat Steenberg
Clerk of the Committee