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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 59

Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 11:04 a.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, James Rajotte, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Kelly Block, Bob Dechert, Daryl Kramp, Jean-Yves Laforest, Hon. John McCallum, Hon. John McKay, Ted Menzies, Thomas J. Mulcair, Massimo Pacetti, James Rajotte and Mike Wallace.

Acting Members present: Josée Beaudin for Robert Carrier.

Associate Members present: Martha Hall Findlay.

In attendance: House of Commons: Travis Ladouceur, Committee Clerk . Library of Parliament: Mark Mahabir, Analyst.

Witnesses: Association of Equipment Manufacturers: Howard Mains, consultant, Public Policy. Canadian Mental Health Association: Ruth-Anne Craig, Executive Director, Manitoba Division. Cement Association of Canada: Pierre Boucher, President and Chief Executive Officer; Steve Morrissey, Senior Policy Advisor. Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs: Robert Simonds, Fire Chief. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada: Andrew McKee, President and Chief Executive Officer; Robert Hindle, Board Member. Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations: John Dickie, President. Ontario Funeral Service Association: Patrick McGarry, Member. Ontario-Quebec Grain Farmers' Coalition: William Van Tassel, President; Leo Guilbeault, Chair (Ontario). Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation: Martine Mangion, Manager, Episodic Disability Initiatives; John Stapleton, Principal, Open Policy. Canadian Bar Association: Elena Hoffstein, Executive Member, National Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section; Tamra L. Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform. Union of Canadian Transportation Employees: Christine Collins, National President; Michael Teeter, Advisor. Canadian Cancer Society: Daniel Demers, Director, National Public Issues Office. Enbridge Inc.: David Teichroeb, Manager, Alternative and Emerging Technologies, Fuel Cells. Aerospace Industries Association of Canada: Claude Lajeunesse, President and Chief Executive Officer; Maryse Harvey, Vice-President, Public Affairs. Canadian Electricity Association: Francis Bradley, Vice-President. REAL Women of Canada: Dianne Watts, Representative.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations 2009.

Howard Mains, Ruth-Anne Craig, Pierre Boucher, Robert Simonds, Andrew McKee, John Dickie, Patrick McGarry, William Van Tassel and Leo Guilbeault made statements and answered questions.

At 12:32 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:36 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Martine Mangion, John Stapleton, Elena Hoffstein, Tamra L. Thomson, Christine Collins, Daniel Demers, David Teichroeb, Claude Lajeunesse, Maryse Harvey, Francis Bradley and Dianne Watts made statements.

At 1:30 p.m., Massimo Pacetti took the Chair.

The witnesses and Michael Teeter answered questions.

At 2:06 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Jean-François Pagé
Clerk of the Committee

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