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Minutes of Proceedings

42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 52
Thursday, October 27, 2016, 3:32 p.m. to 6:42 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

House of Commons
• Jean-Denis Kusion, Procedural Clerk
• William Stephenson, Procedural Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Dylan Gowans, Analyst
• Florian Richard, Analyst
The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

Dan Albas gave notice of the following motion:

That the Standing Committee on Finance undertake a study on the “de minimis threshold”, established under the Postal Imports Remission Order and the Courier Imports Remission Order; make recommendations to the Minister of Finance as to what the appropriate amount should be; and that this be reported to the House.

Colleges and Institutes Canada
• Denise Amyot, President and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Construction Association
• Michael Atkinson, President
Unifor
• Jordan Brennan, Economist, Research Department
Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition
• Albert Chambers, Executive Director
Clean Energy Canada
• Clare Demerse, Federal Policy Advisor
Canadian Credit Union Association
• Martha Durdin, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Robert Martin, Senior Policy Advisor
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
• Kurt Eby, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Alex Ferguson, Vice President, Policy and Performance
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
• Allison Ferris, Vice-President
• Timothy Ross, Program Manager, Policy and Government Relations
Canadian Steel Producers Association
• Joseph Galimberti, President
Consumer Health Products Canada
• Gerry Harrington, Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Reena
• Bryan Keshen, President and Chief Executive Officer
National Angel Capital Organization
• Yuri Navarro, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Canadian Council for International Co-operation
• Fraser Reilly-King, Senior Policy Analyst
Canadian Artists Representation
• Darrah Teitel, Director of Advocacy, National Level
As an individual
• Theresie Tungilik
Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2017 budget.

Michael Atkinson, Albert Chambers, Theresie Tungilik, Darrah Teitel and Alex Ferguson made statements.

At 16:05 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 16:14 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Martha Durdin, Joseph Galimberti, and Jordan Brennan made statements and, with Michael Atkinson, Albert Chambers, Theresie Tungilik, Darrah Teitel, Alex Ferguson and Robert Martin, answered questions.

At 5:14 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:22 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Kurt Eby, Gerry Harrington, Denise Amyot, Clare Demerse, Allison Ferris, Timothy Ross, Fraser Reilly-King, Bryan Keshen and Yuri Navarro made statements and answered questions.

At 6:12 p.m., Guy Caron took the Chair.

At 6:22 p.m., Hon. Wayne Easter took the Chair.

At 6:42 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Suzie Cadieux
Clerk of the Committee