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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

43rd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 3

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 11:03 a.m. to 1:55 p.m.

Room 025-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

• Philip Lawrence for Michael Cooper (Conservative)

• Philip Lawrence for Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative)

• Sébastien Lemire for Gabriel Ste-Marie (Bloc Québécois)

• Francesco Sorbara for Peter Fragiskatos (Liberal)

• Hon. Tim Uppal for Michael Cooper (Conservative)

Other Members present

• Philip Lawrence (Conservative)

• Sébastien Lemire (Bloc Québécois)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Andrew Barton, Analyst

Pre-Budget Consultations 2020

Witnesses

Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs

• Daniel Perron, Board Member

• Tina Saryeddine, Executive Director

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

• Bruce Ball, Vice-President, Taxation

• Rosemary McGuire, Director, External Reporting and Capital Markets

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

• Carole Saab, Executive Director, Policy and Public Affairs

• Daniel Rubinstein, Director, Policy and Research

Tax Templates Inc.

• Jay Goodis, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder

TMX Group Limited

• Braden Fletcher, Head, TSX Venture Exchange

As an individual

• Ian Lee, Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University

Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador

• Chief Ghislain Picard

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

• Adam Brown, Chair

Clean Energy Canada

• Sarah Petrevan, Policy Director

Green Budget Coalition

• Andrew Van Iterson, Manager

• Florence Daviet, National Forest Program Director, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)

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.

Daniel Perron, Bruce Ball, Carole Saab, Jay Goodis and Braden Fletcher made statements and, with Tina Saryeddine and Rosemary McGuire, answered questions.

At 12:31 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:47 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Ian Lee, Ghislain Picard, Adam Brown, Sarah Petrevan, by videoconference from Brooklin, Ontario, and Andrew Van Iterson made statements and answered questions.

At 1:55 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

David Gagnon

Clerk of the Committee