Evidence of meeting #123 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was federal.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Dean Beyea  Director, International Trade Policy Division, Department of Finance
Mario Albert  President and Chief Executive Officer, Autorité des marchés financiers
Julia Deans  Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Youth Business Foundation
Alex Levasseur  President, Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada, Confédération des syndicats nationaux
Pierre Meulien  President and Chief Executive Officer, Genome Canada
John Lounds  President and Chief Executive Officer, Nature Conservancy of Canada

5:55 p.m.

Conservative

Bob Dechert Conservative Mississauga—Erindale, ON

Perhaps I can just say that in my constituency there's a disconnect between the taxpayer having to pay a bill and two parties negotiating something as important as a labour contract without the actual representative of the person who's paying the bill sitting at the table to see what's going to happen.

5:55 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Okay.

Could you provide a very brief answer, please?

5:55 p.m.

President, Syndicat des communications de Radio-Canada, Confédération des syndicats nationaux

Alex Levasseur

I did not understand the question.

Could you repeat the question?

5:55 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Mr. Dechert, I'm terribly sorry, but I've pushed this about as far as I can in terms of votes. I really do apologize to our witnesses here today, but we've had votes interrupt the scheduled meeting. We appreciate your input.

Thank you very much for your presentations and your answers to our questions.

If you have anything further to submit to the committee, please do so through the committee clerk and we will ensure all members get it. Merci.

The meeting is adjourned.