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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 29
Thursday, November 25, 1999
The Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 12:17 p.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Maurizio Bevilacqua, presiding.
Member(s) of the Committee present: Maurizio Bevilacqua, Scott Brison, Roy Cullen, Nick Discepola, Albina Guarnieri, Yvan Loubier, Gary Pillitteri and Paul Szabo.
Acting Members present: Gary Lunn for Richard Harris.
Associate Members present: Carolyn Bennett and Werner Schmidt.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Odette Madore and Jean Soucy, Researchers; Marion Wrobel, Senior Analyst.
Witnesses: From the Air Transport Association of Canada: J. Clifford Mackay, President and Chief Executive Officer. From the Canadian Automotive Repair and Service Council: Keith Lancastle, Spokesperson. From the Canadian Trucking Alliance: David Bradley, Chief Executive Officer; Graham Cooper, Senior Vice-President. From the Canadian Automobile Association: Elly Meister, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications; Leanne Wright, Research, Public Affairs and Communications. From the "Fédération de l'âge d'or du Québec": François Legault, President. From the National Task Force to Promote Employer-Provided Tax-Exempt Transit Passes: Gail Logan, President, Ottawa Board of Trade; Amelia Shaw, Manager, Public Affairs, Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA); Donna-Lynn Ahee, Project Manager. From the "Fédération de l'âge d'or du Québec": Nicole T. Moir, 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).
Clifford Mackay, Keith Lancastle, David Bradley, Elly Meister, François Legault, Amelia Shaw and Donna-Lynn Ahee made statements and, with the other participants in the roundtable, answered questions.
At 1:52 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Pat Steenberg
Clerk of the Committee