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Notice of meeting Amended

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)
45th Parliament, 1st Session
 
Meeting 27
Monday, February 23, 2026, 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Televised
 
Clause-by-Clause Consideration
Witnesses
Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food
• Shannon Nix, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch (by videoconference)
• Steven Jurgutis, Director General, Policy, Planning and Integration Directorate (by videoconference)
Department of Canadian Heritage
• Charlene Budnisky, Senior Director, Communication Legislative and Regulatory Policy (by videoconference)
• Pietro Cimino, Manager, Broadcasting, Communication Legislative and Regulatory Policy (by videoconference)
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
• Benoît Chartrand, Manager, Modern Treaty Management East, Modern Treaties, Consultation and Intergovernmental Relations Sector (by videoconference)
• Julia Redmond, Legal Counsel, Negotiations and Northern Affairs, Department of Justice (by videoconference)
Department of Employment and Social Development
• Antoine Thibodeau, Director General and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Integrated Corporate Accounting and Accountability Directorate (by videoconference)
• Erinna Hou, Director, Program Integrity, Repayment and Designation (by videoconference)Amended
• Erin Gillespie, Director, National School Food Program (by videoconference)
• Erin Hetherington, Director, Program Policy, Canada Student Financial Assistance Program (by videoconference)
• Misha Celentano, Manager, National School Food Program (by videoconference)
Department of Finance
• Gervais Coulombe, Director General, Legislation, Sales Tax Division
• Robert Demeter, Director General, International Tax Division
• Lindsay Gwyer, Director General, Legislation, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch
• Judith Hamel, Director General, Financial Services Division
• Pierre Leblanc, Director General, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch
• Lauchlin MacEachern, Acting Director General, Legislation
• Brent Almond, Senior Director, Indigenous Taxation Policy
• Justin Brown, Senior Director, Financial Sector Integrity and National Security (by videoconference)
• Mark Maxson, Senior Director, Employment and Education, Personal Income Tax Division
• Michael Mosier, Senior Director, International Trade Policy Division (by videoconference)
• Oliver Rogerson, Senior Director, Strategic Projects, Business Income Tax Division
• Khusro Saeedi, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives (by videoconference)
• Mark Walsh, Senior Director, Macro Research and Special Initiatives
• Jeremy Weil, Senior Director, Financial Crimes Governance and Operations (by videoconference)
• Shane Baddeley, Director, Economic Development, Business Income Tax Division
• Stefania Bartucci, Director, Strategic Projects, Personal Income Tax Division
• Ingrid De Freitas, Director, International Inbound Investment, Tax Legislation Division
• Kïrsten Fraser, Director, Financial Services Innovation
• Brandon La Carte, Director, Resource and Environmental Taxation, Business Income Tax Division
• Marie-Pier Martin, Director, Environmental Taxation, Business Income Tax Division (by videoconference)Amended
• Tyler Minty, Director, Industrial Decarbonization Taxation, Business Income Tax Division
• Mark Radley, Director, Consumer Affairs
• Barbara Russell, Director, Framework Policy (by videoconference)
• Gloria Wong, Director, Digital Assets (by videoconference)
• Benjamin Rankin, Senior Advisor, Financial Crimes and Security Division (by videoconference)
• David Turner, Senior Advisor, Sales Tax Division
• Jeffrey Baylis, Senior Analyst, Financial Sector Integrity and National Security (by videoconference)
• Roch Vézina, Senior Tax Policy Analyst
• Riley McDonald, Economist, Asset Management (by videoconference)
• David Smith, Senior Project Leader, Funds Management Division (by videoconference)
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
• Bonny Wong-Fortin, Director General, Strategic Policy and Priorities (by videoconference)
• Kara Vlasman, Director, Intergovernmental Affairs and the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation (by videoconference)
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
• Robert Brookfield, Director General, Sanctions and Strategic Export Controls (by videoconference)
• Adrian Johnston, Acting Deputy Director and Senior Counsel, Trade Law Bureau (by videoconference)
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
• Lindsay Boldt, Director General, Build Canada Homes Transition Team (by videoconference)
• Kathryn McCauley, Director General, Alternative Finance, Policy and Operations (by videoconference)
• Jean-Sébastien Langelier, Executive Director, Build Canada Homes Transition Team (by videoconference)
Department of Industry
• Samir Chhabra, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch
• Martin Simard, Senior Director, Corporate, Insolvency and Competition Directorate
• Jill Paterson, Senior Policy Advisor, Privacy and Data Protection Policy Directorate
Department of Justice
• Sacha Baharmand, Deputy Director General and General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section (by videoconference)
• Anna Dekker, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director, Judicial Affairs Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector (by videoconference)
• Jenna MacDonald, General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section (by videoconference)
• Marie-Josée Poirier, Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector (by videoconference)
Department of Natural Resources
• Michael Rau, Director General, Policy Planning Branch (by videoconference)
• Véronique Houle, Director, Projects Division (by videoconference)
Department of Public Works and Government Services
• Chantal Clow, Director General, Portfolio and Government Affairs
• Eugene Gourevitch, Director, Postal Affairs
Department of the Environment
• Stephanie Lane, Executive Director, Legislative Governance Division, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Protection Branch
Department of Transport
• Vincent Robitaille, Assistant Deputy Minister, Marjor Projects
• Felix Meunier, Director General, Civil Aviation (by videoconference)
• Melanie Vanstone, Director General, Multi-Modal and Road Safety Programs (by videoconference)
• Josée Thibodeau, General Counsel, Legal Services, High Speed Rail
Department of Veterans Affairs
• Julie Drury, Acting Director General, Policy and Research (by videoconference)
• Nathan Svenson, Senior Director, Disability and Health Care Policy (by videoconference)
Major Projects Office
• Sarah Jackson, Director (by videoconference)
Public Health Agency of Canada
• Stephen Bent, Vice-President, Regulatory, Operations and Emergency Management Branch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Jeff Hutcheson, Director General, Corporate Management and Controllership
• Joanne Rigon, Director General, National Compensation Service
Treasury Board Secretariat
• Janelle Power, Executive Director, Red Tape Reduction Office
• Nadine Labrie, Acting Executive Director, Pension Policy and Programs (by videoconference)
• Brennen Young, Senior Director, Red Tape Reduction Office
• Laura MacLean, Acting Senior Director, Strategic Pension Policy, Communications and Engagement (by videoconference)
 
 
Clerks of the committee
Danielle Widmer (613-992-9753)
Vicky Sedhya Maurice-Sevigny (613-992-9753)
 
2026-02-23 11:00 a.m.