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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 178

Thursday, October 18, 2018, 8:46 a.m. to 12:26 p.m.

Winnipeg, Man.

Delta Hotels Winnipeg

Room Delta A

350 St Mary Avenue

Presiding

Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

NDP

Peter Julian

Acting Members present

• Matt Jeneroux for Blake Richards (Conservative)

• Pat Kelly for Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Andrew Barton, Analyst

• Michaël Lambert-Racine, Analyst

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2019 Budget

Witnesses

As an individual

• Amy Spearman

Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet

• Don Leitch, Chair, Board of Directors

• Kate Fennell, Director of School Operations

Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions

• Michael John Peco, Vice-President

• Max Fritz, Interim Executive Director

Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

• Leanne Shumka

Canadian Chiropractic Association

• Gerald Olin, Chair

Canadian Network of Northern Research Operators

• LeeAnn Fishback, Chairperson

Canola Council of Canada

• Jim Everson, President

Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba

• Maxine Meadows

Community Futures Network of Canada

• Wendy Smitka, President

• Jason Denbow, Board Member

Engineers Without Borders Canada

• Jordyn Carlson

Indigenous Women's Healing Centre

• Annetta Armstrong, Executive Director

Manitoba Federation of Labour

• Kevin Rebeck, President

National Association of Federal Retirees

• Gerald Jennings

ONE Campaign

• Selwyn Burrows

• Richard Thiessen

Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS)

• Andrea Robertson, President and Chief Executive Officer

• Wendy Beauchesne, Executive Vice-President, Foundation

Telpay Incorporated

• William H. Loewen, President, TelPay Bill Payment Service

United Nations Association in Canada

• Abdal Qeshta, Regional Coordinator

University of Manitoba

• David T. Barnard, President and Vice-Chancellor

University of Manitoba Faculty Association

• Orvie Dingwall

University of Winnipeg

• Annette Trimbee, President and Vice-Chancellor

Western Canadian Short Line Railway Association

• Perry Pellerin, President

• Allison Field, Director

Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2019 budget.

Orvie Dingwall, Maxine Meadows, Selwyn Burrows, Leanne Shumka, Adbal Qeshta, Amy Spearman, Richard Thiessen and William Loewen made statements.

LeeAnn Fishback, Jim Everson, Wendy Smitka, Jason Denbow, Kevin Rebeck, David T. Barnard and Annette Trimbee made statements and answered questions.

At 10:31 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:45 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Michael John Peco, Max Fritz, Gerald Olin, Don Leitch, Annetta Armstrong, Andrea Robertson and Allison Field made statements and, with Perry Pellerin, Wendy Beauchesne and Kate Fennell, answered questions.

At 12:20 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:22 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Gerald Jennings and Jordyn Carlson made statements.

At 12:26 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

David Gagnon

Clerk of the Committee