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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 184
Wednesday, May 5, 1999
The Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 3:32 p.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Maurizio Bevilacqua, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Maurizio Bevilacqua, Scott Brison, Nick Discepola, Ken Epp, Roger Gallaway, Sophia Leung, Gary Pillitteri, Karen Redman, Monte Solberg, Paul Szabo and Tony Valeri.
Acting Members present: Rick Limoges for Carolyn Bennett.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Marion Wrobel, Senior Analyst and Julie Cusson, Analyst.
Witnesses: From the Bank of Montreal: Rick Egleton, Senior Vice-President and Deputy Chief Economist. From the Nesbitt Burns: Douglas Porter, Senior Economist and Vice-President. From the Loewen Ondataatje McCutcheon Ltd.: Maureen Farrow, Head Economist. From the Royal Bank of Canada: John McCallum, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist. From the Insurance Bureau of Canada: Paul Kovacs, Vice-President, Policy Development and Chief Economist. From the Genome Canada: Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui, Co-Chair, Interim Board of Directors (Genome Canada), Geneticist-in-Chief, The Hospital for Sick Children. From the Partnership Group in Science and Engineering: Dr. Howard Alper, Chair and Vice-Rector Research, Denis St-Onge, Past President, Royal Canadian Geographical Society. From the Association of Canadian Community Colleges: Pierre Killeen, Senior Government Relations Officer.
In accordance with its mandate under Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed its examination on Productivity. (See Minutes of Proceedings of Wednesday, March 17, 1999, Meeting No. 173).
The participants in the roundtable made statements and answered questions.
At 5:46 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Pat Steenberg
Clerk of the Committee