FINA Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication

Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 35

Thursday, March 31, 2022, 3:44 p.m. to 5:31 p.m.

Room 415, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Televised

Presiding

Peter Fonseca, Chair (Liberal)

Expand All Collapse All

Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Bloc Québécois

Gabriel Ste-Marie

NDP

Daniel Blaikie

Acting Members present

• Philip Lawrence for Jake Stewart (Conservative)

• Francesco Sorbara for Yvan Baker (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Sylvain Fleury, Analyst

• Michaël Lambert-Racine, Analyst

Inflation in the Current Canadian Economy

Witnesses

Statistics Canada

• Haig McCarrell, Director, Investment, Science and Techonology Division

• Heidi Ertl, Director, Consumer Prices Division

• Taylor Mitchell, Senior Economist, Consumer Price Index

• Greg Peterson, Assistant Chief Statistician, Economic Statistics

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, the committee resumed its study of study of inflation in the current Canadian economy.

Greg Peterson made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 5:31 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Alexandre Roger

Clerk of the committee