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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 14
Tuesday, February 5, 2002
The Sub-Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities met at 3:42 p.m. this day, in Room 269, West Block, the Chair, Carolyn Bennett, presiding.
Members of the Sub-Committee present: Carolyn Bennett, Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral, Nancy Karetak-Lindell, Anita Neville, Larry Spencer, Tony Tirabassi.
Other Member present: Libby Davies.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Bill Young and Kevin Kerr, Research Officers.
Witnesses: From the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency: Kathy Turner, Director general, Benefit Programs Directorate, Assessment and Collections Branch; Maureen Tapp, Director, Special Programs and Partnerships, Assessment and Collections Branch; Tom Kissner, Manager, Disability Programs Section, Assessment and Collections Branch. From the Department of Finance: Serge Nadeau, Director, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch; Robert Dubrule, Senior Tax Policy Officer, Business, Property and Resource Income and Corporate Re-organizations, Tax Policy Branch; Andrée Houde, Senior Tax Policy Officer, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Sub-Committee resumed its study of the current operation of the Disability Tax Credit form T2201, (See Minutes of Proceedings of Tuesday, November 27, 2001, Meeting no. 10).
The witnesses answered questions.
It was agreed, — That the letter from Colin Cantlie of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, dated January 22, 2002, tabled by the Chair, be taken as being read into the record.
At 5:12 p.m., the Sub-Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Mike MacPherson
Clerk of the Sub-Committee