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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 50

Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m. to 5:48 p.m.

Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street

Televised

Presiding

Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Guy Caron

Acting Members present

• Randeep Sarai for Raj Grewal (Liberal)

Associate Members present

• Ziad Aboultaif (Conservative)

• François-Philippe Champagne (Liberal)

In attendance

House of Commons

• Jean-Denis Kusion, Procedural Clerk

• William Stephenson, Procedural Clerk

Library of Parliament

• Dylan Gowans, Analyst

• Florian Richard, Analyst

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2017 Budget

Witnesses

Canadian Medical Association

• Owen Adams, Chief Policy Advisor

• Granger Avery, President

Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting

• Warren Blatt, Chair, Government Relations

Canadian Convenience Stores Association

• Satinder Chera, President

• Alex Scholten, Past President

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

• Philip Cross, Senior Fellow

Chicken Farmers of Canada

• Mike Dungate, Executive Director

• Dave Janzen, Chair

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

• Gregory Gallant, Board Member

Canadian Mental Health Association

• Teresa Gerner, National Coordinator, Administration, Government Relations

• Patrick Smith, National Chief Executive Officer

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

• Sylvie Goneau, Second Vice-President

• Alana Lavoie, Manager, Policy

Canadian Climate Forum

• Deirdre Laframboise, Executive Director

Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes du Canada (FCFA)

• Sylviane Lanthier, President, President of the Table nationale de concertation communautaire en immigration francophone

C.D. Howe Institute

• Alexandre Laurin, Director of Research

Forest Products Association of Canada

• Derek Nighbor, Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Council for Refugees

• Loly Rico, President

Canadian Union of Public Employees

• Toby Sanger, Senior Economist

Canadian Red Cross

• Conrad Sauvé, President and Chief Executive Officer

Green Budget Coalition

• Andrew Van Iterson, Manager

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

Satinder Chera, Granger Avery, Dave Janzen, Sylviane Lanthier, Patrick Smith, Conrad Sauvé, Sylvie Goneau and Alexandre Laurin, by videoconference from Vancouver, British Columbia, made statements and answered questions.

At 4:37 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:46 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Toby Sanger, Deirdre Laframboise, Warren Blatt, Andrew Van Iterson, Philip Cross, Gregory Gallant, Derek Nighbor, by videoconference from Vancouver, British Columbia, and Loly Rico, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, made statements and answered questions.

At 5:34 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), it was agreed that the Committee continue to sit until 5:45 p.m.

At 5:48 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Suzie Cadieux

Clerk of the Committee