Skip to main content

FINA Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 70

Tuesday, May 30, 2000

The Standing Committee on Finance met at 3:42 p.m. this day, in Room 308, West Block, the Chair, Maurizio Bevilacqua, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Maurizio Bevilacqua, Roy Cullen, Sophia Leung, Gary Pillitteri and Paul Szabo.

Acting Member present: Paul Forseth for Richard Harris.

In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Jean Soucy, Researcher.

Witnesses: From the Tax Executives Institute, Inc.: John Allinotte, Chair, Canadian Income Tax Committee; J.A. (Drew) Glennie, General Manager, Tax and Insurance, Shell Canada Limited; Jeffery P. Rasmussen, Tax Counsel. From the Toronto Board of Trade: Tom Akin, Chair, Taxation Committee; Phil Friedlan, Taxation Committee. From the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants: Robert Spindler, Chair, CICA/CBA Joint Taxation Committee; R. Simon G. Chester, Legal Counsel.

The Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, The Excise Tax Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 1999 (See Minutes of Proceedings, Thursday, May 18, 2000, Meeting No. 67).

Drew Glennie made a statement.

Tom Akin and Phil Friedlan made statements.

Robert Spindler made a statement.

Members asked questions.

At 5:19 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Pat Steenberg

Clerk of the Committee