Finance Committee on Nov. 21st, 2007

Evidence of meeting #4 for Finance in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was dollar.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Pre-budget consultations 2007

Members speaking

Before the committee

Finn Poschmann Director of Research, C.D. Howe Institute

Mario Seccareccia Full Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Robert Fairholm Director , Economic Forescasting Services, Centre for Spatial Economics

Claude Faucher Vice-President, Centrale des syndicats démocratiques

Pierre Patry Treasurer, Confédération des syndicats nationaux

Perrin Beatty President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Ted Mallett Director of Research, Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Diane Brisebois President and Chief Executive Officer, Retail Council of Canada

Pierre Laliberté Political Advisor, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec

Michel Arnold Executive Director, Option consommateurs

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Conservative

Ted Menzies Conservative Macleod, AB

Yes or no, please. We both have to--

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Political Advisor, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec

Pierre Laliberté

--and maybe because I said it in French, you didn't understand it.

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Conservative

Ted Menzies Conservative Macleod, AB

Well, maybe it's the translation. So could you please clarify, yes or no?

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Political Advisor, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec

Pierre Laliberté

Basically, my point--

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Conservative

Ted Menzies Conservative Macleod, AB

Yes or no?

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A voice

No.

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Conservative

Ted Menzies Conservative Macleod, AB

We have two different answers then.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield

I want to thank the witnesses for coming forward. We'll take your testimony into serious consideration as we consider our report.

The meeting is adjourned.