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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 2
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
The
Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 9:25 a.m. this day,
in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Sue Barnes, presiding.
Members of the Committee
present: Sue
Barnes, Scott Brison, Roy Cullen, Richard Harris, Rahim Jaffer, Sophia Leung,
The Hon. Maria Minna, Tony Valeri.
Acting Members present: Shawn Murphy for Albina Guarnieri,
Odina Desrochers for Pauline Picard, Pat Martin for Lorne Nystrom.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament:
June Dewetering, Principal Analyst; Blayne Haggart, Marc-André Pigeon, Research
Officers.
Witnesses: From the Co-operative Housing
Federation of Canada: Mark Goldblatt, Senior Consultant. From the
Coalition to Renew Canada's Infrastructure: Jim Facette, President. From
the Canadian Real Estate Association: Pierre Beauchamp, Chief Executive
Officer; Gregory Klump, Senior Economist. From the Canadian Consortium for
Research: Paul Ledwell, Chairperson; Paul Jones, Member. From the
Alliance to End Homelessness: Maura Volante, Coordinator. From the
Association of Fundraising Professionals: Rob Peacock, President. From
the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation: Jeffrey Dale, President
& CEO; Chris Henderson, Chair. From the Building and Construction Trades
Department: Robert Blakely, Director of Canadian Affairs. From the
Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada: Claude-Paul Boivin,
President, ACEC; Pierre Shoiry, President, Genivar, Chair, ACEC. From the
Canadian Animal Health Institute: Jean Szkotnicki, President.
Pursuant to Standing Order
83(1), the Committee continued its pre-budget discussions.
Mark Goldblatt, Jim
Facette, Pierre Beauchamp, Paul Ledwell each made a statement and with the
other witnesses answered questions.
At 11:00 o’clock, the sitting
was suspended.
At 11:10 o’clock, the sitting
resumed.
Maura Volant, Rob Peacock,
Robert Blakely, Claude-Paul Boivin and Jean Szkotnicki each made a statement
and answered questions.
At 12:30 p.m., the
Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Richard Dupuis
Clerk of the Committee