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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 4
Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 3:32 p.m. to 8:02 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Hon. Wayne Easter, Chair (Liberal)

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• Ruth Ellen Brosseau for Guy Caron (NDP)
• Garnett Genuis for Hon. Lisa Raitt (Conservative)
• Pat Kelly for Hon. Lisa Raitt (Conservative)
• Blake Richards for Hon. Lisa Raitt (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Brett Capstick, Analyst
• Michaël Lambert-Racine, Analyst
 
House of Commons
• Christine Lafrance, Procedural Clerk
Pre-Budget Consultations 2016
Broadbent Institute
• Andrew Jackson, Senior Policy Advisor, National Office
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
• Scott Ross, Director of Business Risk Management and Farm Policy
Canadian Federation of Students
• Bilan Arte, National Chairperson
Institute for Research on Public Policy
• Stephen Tapp, Research Director
RBC Financial Group
• Craig Wright, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist
National Farmers Union
• Jan Slomp, President
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Alex Ferguson, Vice-President, Policy and Performance
Canadian Medical Association
• Cindy Forbes, President
Canadian Nurses Association
• Anne Sutherland Boal, Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Union of Public Employees
• Toby Sanger, Senior Economist
YWCA Canada
• Ann Decter, Director, Advocacy and Public Policy
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association
• Chris J. Bloomer, President and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Convenience Stores Association
• Alex Scholten, President
Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
• Andrea Kent, President
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
• Kurt Eby, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations
Centre of Excellence in Energy Efficiency
• Donald Angers, Chief Executive Officer
Tourism Industry Association of Canada
• Charlotte Bell, President and Chief Executive Officer
Interregional agency for the development of information technologies and communications
• André Nepton, Coordinator
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, February 4, 2016, the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations 2016.

Andrew Jackson, Scott Ross, Bilan Arte, Stephen Tapp, Craig Wright and Jan Slomp, by videoconference from Nanaimo, British Columbia, made statements and answered questions.

At 5:04 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:11 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Alex Ferguson, Cindy Forbes, Anne Sutherland Boal, Toby Sanger, Ann Decter and Chris J. Bloomer, by videoconference from Calgary, Alberta, made statements and answered questions.

At 6:34 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 6:44 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Alex Scholten, Andrea Kent, Kurt Eby, Donald Angers, Charlotte Bell and André Nepton, by videoconference from Roberval, Quebec, made statements and answered questions.

At 8:02 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Suzie Cadieux
Clerk of the Committee