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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP)
43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 6
Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 11:03 a.m. to 1:10 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Kelly Block, Chair (Conservative)

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• Raj Saini for Jean Yip (Liberal)
House of Commons
• Paul Cardegna, Procedural Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• André Léonard, Analyst
• Dillan Theckedath, Analyst
Report 3, Taxation of E-Commerce, of the 2019 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency
• John Ossowski, President
• Peter Hill, Vice-President, Commercial and Trade Branch
Canada Revenue Agency
• Bob Hamilton, Commissioner of Revenue and Chief Executive Officer
• Ted Gallivan, Assistant Commissioner, Compliance Programs Branch
Department of Finance
• Paul Rochon, Deputy Minister
• Andrew Marsland, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch
Office of the Auditor General
• Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada
• Mathieu Lequain, Director
• Philippe Le Goff, Principal
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, November 5, 2020, the committee commenced consideration of Report 3, Taxation of E-Commerce, of the 2019 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, referred to the committee Tuesday, May 7, 2019.

Karen Hogan, Bob Hamilton, John Ossowski and Paul Rochon made statements and, with Ted Gallivan, Paul Le Goff, Andrew Marsland, Peter Hill and Mathieu Lequain, answered questions.

Committee Business
The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.

Motion

Maxime Blanchette-Joncas moved, — That the committee hold one further meeting on the study on Report 3, Taxation of E-Commerce, of the 2019 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, and that the departments involved be invited to provide updated action plans to fall 2020, and that the meeting be held before Christmas.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Luc Berthold, Maxime Blanchette-Joncas, Kelly Block, Matthew Green, Philip Lawrence, Francesco Sorbara, Len Webber — 7;

NAYS: Kody Blois, Greg Fergus, Lloyd Longfield, Raj Saini — 4.

At 1:10 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Angela Crandall
Clerk of the Committee