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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 45

Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 9:02 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Halifax, N.S.

Delta Halifax

Bluenose Ballroom

1900 Barrington Street

Presiding

Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Dan Albas

Acting Members present

• Ziad Aboultaif for Gérard Deltell (Conservative)

• Pierre-Luc Dusseault for Guy Caron (NDP)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• June Dewetering, Analyst

• Dylan Gowans, Analyst

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2017 Budget

Witnesses

Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Glenn Blackwood, Vice-President, Fisheries and Marine Institute

• Robert Greenwood, Executive Director, Public Engagement

Halifax Chamber of Commerce

• Patrick Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer

• Nancy Conrad, Senior Vice-President, Policy

Pallium Canada

• Kathryn Downer, National Director

• José Pereira, Chief Scientific Officer

NRStor Inc.

• Ron MacDonald, President, Remote Communities and Mines

Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

• Marco Navarro-Genie, President and Chief Executive Officer

Atlantic Canada Airports Association

• Monette Pasher, Executive Director

Canadian Association of Physicists

• Adam J. Sarty, Past President

• Kristin Poduska, Director, Science Policy

Atlantic Provinces Economic Council

• Finn Poschmann, President and Chief Executive Officer

C-CORE

• Charles Randell, President and Chief Executive Officer

Ladies Learning Code

• Melissa Sariffodeen, Chief Executive Officer

Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour

• Mary Shortall, President

eBay Canada Limited

• Andrea Stairs, Managing Director

As an individual

• Brian Gifford

• Michael Bradfield

• Jim Cormier

• Jaqueline Landry

• Evan Johnson

• Edd Twohig

Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2017 budget.

Monette Pasher, Marco Navarro-Genie, Finn Poschmann, Kristin Poduska, Patrick Sullivan and Melissa Sariffodeen made statements and answered questions.

At 10:32 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:46 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Andrea Stairs, Mary Shortall, José Pereira, Robert Greenwood and Ron MacDonald made statements and, with Glenn Blackwood, Kathryn Downer and Charles Randell, answered questions.

At 12:29 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:38 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Evan Johnson, Brian Gifford, Michael Bradfield, Edd Twohig, Jim Cormier and Jacqueline Landry made statements.

At 1:00 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Suzie Cadieux

Clerk of the Committee