Evidence of meeting #44 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was prpp.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Susan Eng  Vice-President, Advocacy, Canadian Association of Retired Persons
Marion Wrobel  Vice-President, Policy and Operations, Canadian Bankers Association
Mitch Frazer  Chair, National Pensions and Benefits Section, Canadian Bar Association
Daniel Kelly  Senior Vice-President, Legislative Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Jeffrey Turnbull  Past-President, Canadian Medical Association
Guillaum Dubreuil  Vice-President, Public Affairs, Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Do that very quickly, because we're going to run out of time.

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Senior Vice-President, Legislative Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Daniel Kelly

Sure. There are essentially a million small businesses in Canada, and that would be a job from every one of them. That is the potential impact. Again, I should say that was the doubling of the CPP benefit, which was a 60% increase in premiums in our study.

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NDP

Robert Chisholm NDP Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS

That would be tomorrow? I just wanted to get it into perspective.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Order.

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Conservative

Randy Hoback Conservative Prince Albert, SK

Let's close the loops--

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NDP

Robert Chisholm NDP Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS

What you dream about is your business.

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Conservative

Randy Hoback Conservative Prince Albert, SK

Come on, guys, let's get real. You're in opposition.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Thank you.

I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here to respond our questions. It was a very lively debate. If you have anything further to submit to the committee, please do so. We will all consider it.

Colleagues, I just wanted to see whether there was agreement to proceed with the proposed operational budgets for Bill C-25, Bill S-5, and Bill C-311. You should all have the numbers in front of you. Is there agreement to these three bills and the witnesses?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

It's agreed. Thank you so much.

The meeting is adjourned.