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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 34

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

The Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 10:02 a.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Brian Pallister, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Diane Ablonczy, Dean Del Mastro, Rick Dykstra, Hon. John McCallum, Hon. John McKay, Massimo Pacetti, Brian Pallister, Pierre A. Paquette, Michael Savage, Thierry St-Cyr, Hon. Garth Turner and Judy Wasylycia-Leis.

In attendance: Standing Committee on Finance: Shaila Anwar, Co-Clerk of the Committee . Library of Parliament: June Dewetering, Principal ; Alexandre Laurin, Analyst.

Witnesses: National Council of Welfare: John Murphy, Chair. Conseil canadien de la coopération: Michel Rouleau, Chair of the Board. Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation: Mark Goldblatt, President. Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus: Judy Cutler, Director, Government and Media Relations; William Gleberzon, Co-director, Government and Media Relations. Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health: Phil Upshall, National Executive Director. Aboriginal Institutes' Consortium: Lu Ann Hill, Executive Director. Ontario Museum Association: Gilles Séguin, Board Member. Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation: Jeffrey Dale, President and Chief Executive Officer. Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada: Ken Elliott, President. ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation: Margaret Eaton, President. Investment Funds Institute of Canada: Jamie Golombek, Chair, Taxation Working Group. Canadian Courier and Logistics Association: Al Cormier, Executive Director, Electric Mobility Canada. Credit Union Central of Canada: Mike Tarr, Chair, Board of Directors.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations 2006.

The witnesses made statements and answered questions.

At 11:29 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:40 a.m., the sitting resumed.

At 11:52 a.m., Massimo Pacetti took the Chair.

At 12:06 p.m., Brian Pallister took the Chair.

At 12:58 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Elizabeth B. Kingston
Clerk of the Committee

2006/11/01 11:05 a.m.