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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 172

Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 8:47 a.m. to 12:22 p.m.

Québec, Que.

Centre des congrès de Québec

Room 306A

1000 René-Lévesque East

Presiding

Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

NDP

Peter Julian

Acting Members present

• Leona Alleslev for Blake Richards (Conservative)

• Pat Kelly for Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Brett Capstick, Analyst

• Andrew Barton, Analyst

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2019 Budget

Witnesses

Association pour la recherche au collégial

• Lynn Lapostolle, Director General

• Robert Poulin, Retired Manager

Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)

• Solange Drouin, Vice-President, Public Affairs

Canadian Community Economic Development Network

• Ryan Gibson, Past President

• Michael Toye, Executive Director

Chantier de l'économie sociale

• Laura Cicciarelli, Partnerships Officer

• Martin Frappier, Communications Director

Collectif Échec aux paradis fiscaux

• Samuel-Élie Lesage, Coordinator

Confédération des syndicats nationaux

• Pierre Patry, Treasurer

• François Bélanger, Union Advisor, Labour Relations Services

Engineers Without Borders Canada

• Jonathan Larochelle

Merck Canada Inc.

• Jennifer Chan, Vice-President, Policy and External Affairs

National Association of Federal Retirees

• Serge Boisseau

ONE Campaign

• Xavier Cadoret

Quebec Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Citizen's Action

• Claude Vaillancourt, President

Québec City Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• Michel Paradis, Director, Entrepreneurship International

Réseau Trans-tech

• Nancy Déziel, Chairman of the Board

Société d'aide au développement des collectivités et Centre d'aide aux entreprises

• Ferland Jolin, Director

• Raymond Cimon, Treasurer

Union des producteurs agricoles

• Isabelle Bouffard, Director, Direction recherches et politiques agricoles

• Marc St-Roch, Accounting and Taxation Coordinator, Direction recherches et politiques agricoles

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

Jonathan Larochelle, Serge Boisseau, Raymond Cimon, Ferland Jolin and Xavier Cadoret made statements.

Lynn Lapostolle, Robert Poulin, Pierre Patry, Michel Paradis, Nancy Déziel and Isabelle Bouffard made statements and, with François Bélanger and Marc St-Roch, answered questions.

At 10:37 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:48 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Solange Drouin, Michael Toye, Ryan Gibson, Martin Frappier, Samuel-Élie Lesage, Jennifer Chan and Claude Vaillancourt made statements and, with Laura Cicciarelli, answered questions.

At 12:22 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

David Gagnon

Clerk of the Committee