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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 118

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 8:53 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Windsor, Ont.

Best Western PLUS

Great Lakes Ballroom, St. Clair Centre

277 Riverside Drive East

Presiding

Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Acting Members present

• Alexandre Boulerice for Pierre-Luc Dusseault (NDP)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Brett Capstick, Analyst

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2018 Budget

Witnesses

McMaster University

• Robert Baker, Vice-President, Research

Earth Rangers

• Tovah Barocas, Vice-President, External Relations

Canadian Convenience Stores Association

• Satinder Chera, President

Institute for Quantum Computing

• Tobi Day-Hamilton, Director, Communications and Strategic Initiatives, University of Waterloo

• Martin Laforest, Senior Manager, Scientific Outreach

Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce

• Shirley De Silva, President and Chief Executive Officer

• Monica Shepley, Manager, Policy and Advocacy

RESULTS Canada

• Christina Dendys, Interim Executive Director

Council of the Great Lakes Region

• Mark Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer

City of London

• Jesse Helmer, Councillor

• Adam Thompson, Manager, Government and External Relations

3M Company Canada

• Elise Maheu, Director, Government Affairs

• Nicole Rayner, Senior Manager, Taxation

Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce

• Matthew Marchand, President and Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Music Publishers Association

• Margaret McGuffin, Executive Director

As an individual

• Kamal Mann

• Jerome St-Denis

• Ron Watt

Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2018 budget.

Jerome St-Denis, Ron Watt and Kamal Mann made statements.

Jesse Helmer, Rob Baker, Shirley De Silva, Elise Maheu and Mark Fisher made statements and, with Nicole Rayner and Monica Shepley, answered questions.

At 10:33 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:49 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Satinder Chera, Margaret McGuffin, Tovah Barocas, Tobi Day-Hamilton, Christina Dendys and Matthew Marchand made statements and, with Martin Laforest, answered questions.

At 11:40 a.m., Dan Albas took the Chair.

At 11:51 a.m., the Hon. Wayne Easter took the Chair.

At 12:29 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Suzie Cadieux

Clerk of the Committee