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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

43rd Parliament, 2nd Session

Meeting 9

Thursday, December 3, 2020, 4:36 p.m. to 6:23 p.m.

Room 025-B, West Block

Televised

Presiding

Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Bloc Québécois

Gabriel Ste-Marie

NDP

Peter Julian

Acting Members present

• Gary Anandasangaree for Michael V. McLeod (Liberal)

In attendance

House of Commons

• Christine Lafrance, Procedural Clerk

Library of Parliament

• Brett Capwell, Analyst

• Andrew Barton, Analyst

• Sylvain Fleury, Analyst

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2021 Budget

Witnesses

ALS Society of Canada

• Tammy Moore, Chief Executive Officer

• David Taylor, Vice-President, Research

Fairness Alberta

• Bill Bewick, Executive Director

National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada

• Thomas S. Saras, President and Chief Executive Officer

Oxfam Canada

• Kate Higgins, Interim Executive Director

As an individual

• Jeffrey Booth, Entrepreneur and Author

• Jack Mintz, President's Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary

4 Pillars Consulting Group Inc.

• Reg Rocha, President

Macdonald-Laurier Institute

• Philip Cross, Senior Fellow

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, November 19, 2020, the committee resumed its study of the pre-budget consultations 2021.

Tammy Moore, David Taylor, Bill Bewick, Thomas S. Saras, Kate Higgins, Jeffrey Booth, Jack Mintz, Reg Rocha and Philip Cross made statements and answered questions.

At 6:23 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Evelyn Lukyniuk

Clerk of the Committee