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

MPs speaking

Rob Merrifield
John McCallum
Paul Crête
Dean Del Mastro
Peggy Nash
John McKay
Garth Turner
Thierry St-Cyr
Rick Dykstra
Mike Wallace
Ted Menzies

Also speaking

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.