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. 21
Friday, November 19, 1999
The Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 9:10 a.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Maurizio Bevilacqua, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Maurizio Bevilacqua, Roy Cullen, Ken Epp, Yvan Loubier and The Hon. Lorne Nystrom.
Acting Member present: Carolyn Bennett for Paul Szabo.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Odette Madore and Jean Soucy, Researchers; Marion Wrobel, Senior Analyst.
Witnesses: From the Canadian Association of University Teachers: David Robinson, Director of Public Policy. From the Canadian School Boards Association: Kathy LeGrow, President; Marie Pierce, Executive Director. From the Canadian Teachers' Federation: Harvey Weiner, Deputy Secretary General. From the Canadian Living Foundation: Pamela Heneault, Director of Government Relations. From the National Coalition on Housing and Homelessness: Frank Palmeter, Vice-President, Congress of Aboriginal People; Debbie Saidman, National Board Member. From the Getting Landed Project: Francisco Rico-Martinez, President, Canadian Council for Refugees; Ahmed Hashi, Coordinator; Michael Kerr, Chair, Media Committee, Karuna Community Services.
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).
Harvey Weiner, Kathy LeGrow, Pamela Héneault, Debbie Saidman, Frank Palmeter and Ahmed Hashi made statements and, with the other participants in the roundtable, answered questions.
At 11:05 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Pat Steenberg
Clerk of the Committee