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.
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 41
Thursday, February 6, 2003
The Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 3:35 p.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Sue Barnes, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Sue Barnes, Roy Cullen, Richard Harris, Sophia Leung, Pierre Paquette.
Acting Members present: The Hon. Lorne Nystrom for Judy Wasylycia-Leis; Carmen Provenzano for Bryon Wilfert; Messimo Pacetti for Gary Pillitteri.
In attendance From the Library of Parliament: June Dewetering, Acting Principal Analyst; Marc-André Pigeon, Analyst.
Witness: As an Individual: Harold MacKay, Former Chair, Task Force on Future of the Financial Services Sector.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed its study on the public interest implications of large bank mergers.
Harold MacKay made a statement and answered questions.
Pursuant to
the motion adopted on Tuesday January 28, 2003, the following briefs from
groups and individuals are tabled:
John
Ackerman
William
Krehm from Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform
James
McIntosh from Concordia University
Phil
Penson from Teamsters-Canada
Peter
R. Downing from TG International Ltd. Management Consultants
The
Hon. Henry Jackman from E-L Financial Corporation
Neil
W. Baker from The Ridgeline Corporation
Stanley
I. Griffin from the Insurance Bureau of Canada
Bernard Sieger from Bernard Sieger Realty Ltd
At 4:40 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Richard Dupuis / Lisa
Chartier-Derouin
Clerks of the Committee