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Minutes of Proceedings

43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 44
Monday, May 17, 2021, 2:33 p.m. to 5:37 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

Library of Parliament
• Brett Capwell, Analyst
Canada Border Services Agency
• Andrew Francis, Deputy Chief Financial Offier and Director General, Finance and Corporate Management Branch
• Yannick Mondy, Director, Trade and Tariff Policy, International Trade Policy Division, International Trade and Finance Branch
• Goran Vragovic, Director General, Assessment and Revenue Management Portfolio
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
• Jeffrey Clark, Legal Counsel
• Garima Dwivedi, Director General, Resolutions and Partnerships
• Karl Jacques, Senior Counsel, Operations and Programs (LSU), Legal Services
• Leane Walsh, Director, Fiscal Policy and Investment Readiness
Department of Employment and Social Development
• Tara Bélanger Zahab, Director, Policy and Partnerships, Canadian Pension Plan Disability, Income Security and Social Development Branch
• Benoit Cadieux, Director, Special Benefits, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch
• David Charter, Director, Workplace Information and Research Division, Labour Program
• Catherine Demers, Director General, Strategy and Partnerships, Skills and Employment Branch
• Karen Hall, Director General, Social Policy Directorate, Strategic and Service Policy Branch
• Michael MacPhee, Director General, Employment Insurance Benefits Processing, Benefits and Integrated Services Branch, Service Canada
• Frances McCormick, Executive Director, Integrated Labour System, Workplace Directorate, Labour Program
• Barbara Moran, Director General, Labour Program
• Mona Nandy, Executive Director, Skills and Employment Branch
• Lorraine Pelot, Director General, Income Security & Social Development Branch
• Atiq Rahman, Assistant Deputy Minister, Learning Branch
• George Ray, Director, Skills and Employment Branch
• Charles Philippe Rochon, Senior Policy Analyst, Labour Standards and Wage Earner Protection Program, Workplace Directorate
• Sébastien St-Arnaud, Manager, Labour Program
• Lori Straznicky, Executive Director, Workplace and Labour Relations Policy Division, Labour Program
• Kristen Underwood, Director General, Income Security and Social Development Branch
• Elizabeth Allen, Director, Strategy Policy, Social Policy Directorate, Strategic and Service Policy Branch
• Kevin Wagdin, Director, Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat, Income Security and Social Development Branch
Department of Indigenous Services
• Yves Denoncourt, Director, Governance Operations Directorate, Economic Policy Development Branch, Lands and Economic Development
• Christopher Duschenes, Director General, Economic Policy Development, Lands and Economic Development
Department of Industry
• Andre Arbour, Acting Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch
• Frances McRae, Assistant Deputy Minister, Small Business and Marketplace Services
• James Nicholson, Director, Broadband Policy and Regulatory Frameworks
• Steve Watton, Manager, Policy, Canada Small Business Financing Program
Department of Justice
• Anna Dekker, Acting Senior Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector
• Toby Hoffmann, Acting Director and General Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector
• Patrick Xavier, Acting Senior Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector
National Research Council of Canada
• Christine Jodoin, Director General, Biologics Manufacturing Centre Project
• Stephen Scott, Director General, Strategy and Performance
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
• Nathalie Lechasseur, Director General, Program Integrations
• Eric Malara, Director, Governance and Reporting
Privy Council Office
• Manon Paquet, Director, Special Projects, Democratic Institutions Secretariat
Public Service Commission
• Michael Morin, Director General, Policy and Strategic Directions
Treasury Board Secretariat
• Selena Beattie, Executive Director, People Management & Community Engagement, Workplace Policies and Services Sector
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), and the motion adopted on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, the committee resumed consideration of the subject matter of Bill C-30, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 19, 2021, and other measures.

Garima Dwivedi, Eric Malara, Andre Arbour, Frances McRae, Goran Vragovic, Toby Hoffman, Stephen Scott, Christopher Duschenes and Selena Beattie made statements and, with Leane Walsh, Steve Watton, Yannick Mondy, Anna Dekker, Christine Jodoin, and Michael Morin, answered questions.

At 4:41 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:44 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Lorraine Pelot, Barbara Moran, David Charter, Benoit Cadieux, Frances McCormick, Atiq Rahman, and Kristen Underwood made statements and, with Kevin Wagdin, answered questions.

At 5:37 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Alexandre Roger
Clerk of the Committee