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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 81

Thursday, October 9, 2003

The Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 9:34 a.m. this day, in Room 253-D Centre Block, the Chair, Sue Barnes, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Sue Barnes, Nick Discepola, Maria Minna, Shawn Murphy, Pierre Paquette, Pauline Picard, Gary Pillitteri and Monte Solberg.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: June Dewetering, Principal ; Stephen Laurent, Analyst.

Witnesses: Precarn Incorporated: Jim Roche, President and CEO, Tundra Semiconductor Corporation and member and Past Chair of the Board of Directors of Precarn and a Member of the Board of the CMC; Walter Stewart, Director, Business Development for Silicon Graphics Canada and Chair of the Board of CANARIE Inc.. Canadian Trucking Alliance: Stephen Laskowski, Associate Vice President. Canadian Chamber of Commerce: Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and Chief Executive Officer; Michael N. Murphy, Senior Vice-President, Policy. Canadian Professional Sales Association: Terry Ruffel, President. Canadian Printing Industries Association: Pierre Boucher, President; Jeff Ekstein, Chairman of CPIA'S Government Affairs Committee. Canadian Housing and Renewal Association: Joyce Potter, Vice President; Sharon Chisholm, Executive Director. Brewers Association of Canada: Margo Dewar, Vice President, Economic & Policy Programs; Gordon Lafortune, Senior Consultant, Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates, Limited. Railway Association of Canada: John Lynch, Chair, Railway Association of Canada Taxation Committee, Canadian Pacific Railway; Bruce Burrows, Vice President, Public Affairs, Government Relations. Canadian Public Health Association: Christina Mills, President. Sierra Club of Canada: David H. Martin, Policy Consultant, Nuclear Campaign.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(1), the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations.

Panel I: Jim Roche, Walter Stewart, Stephen Laskowski, Nancy Hughes Anthony, Terry Ruffel, Jeff Ekstein and Pierre Boucher made a statement and, with Michael Murphy, answered questions.

At 11:09, the sitting was suspended.

At 11:12, the sitting resumed.

Panel II: Joyce Potter, Margo Dewar, Bruce Borrows, John Lynch, Christina Mills and David Martin made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 12:23 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Richard Dupuis, Caroline Martin
Clerks of the Committee

2003/11/17 12:58 p.m.