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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 17

Friday, December 7, 2007

The Standing Committee on Finance met at 9:00 a.m. this day, in the Fontaine A Room, Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, Montreal, Québec, the Chair, Rob Merrifield, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Rick Dykstra, Rob Merrifield, Massimo Pacetti and Thierry St-Cyr.

Acting Members present: Luc Harvey for Ted Menzies and Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac for Paul Crête.

In attendance: House of Commons: Catherine Cuerrier, Committee Clerk . Library of Parliament: June Dewetering, Principal Analyst ; Alexandre Laurin, Analyst.

Witnesses: BIOTECanada: Peter Brenders, President and Chief Executive Officer. Canadian Association of Research Libraries: William Curran, Director of Librairies, Concordia University. Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering: Dominic Ryan, President. Catholic Women's League of Canada: Lorette Noble, National President. Independent Media Arts Alliance: Jennifer Dorner, National Director. Regional County Municipality of Montmagny: Pierre Thibaudeau, Mayor of St Fabien de Panet. National Council of Women of Canada : Catharine Laidlaw-Sly, Policy Advisor. Bioniche Life Sciences Inc.: Rick Culbert, President, Food Safety Division. Air Transport Association of Canada: Sam Barone, President and Chief Executive Officer. Canadian Olympic Committee: Alex Baumann, Executive Director, Road to Excellence Program. XXXXXHoffman-La Roche Ltd.: Jim Hall, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing. Mouvement pour les arts et les lettres: Lorraine Hébert, Executive Director, Regroupement québécois de la danse. Réseau SOLIDARITÉ Itinérance du Québec: Nathalie Rech, Coordinator. Tax Executives Institute, Inc.: Munir A. Suleman, Vice-President, Canadian Affairs.

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

The witnesses made statements and answered questions.

At 10:26 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:38 a.m., the sitting resumed.

The witnesses made statements and answered questions.

At 12:01 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Elizabeth B. Kingston
Clerk of the Committee

2008/02/06 11:24 a.m.