Finance Committee on May 29th, 2014

Evidence of meeting #39 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site.) The winning word was amendment.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-31, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 11, 2014 and other measures

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Brian Ernewein General Director, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance

Ted Cook Senior Legislative Chief, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance

Bernard Butler Director General, Policy Division, Policy, Communications and Commemoration Branch, Department of Veterans Affairs

Suzy McDonald Director General, Workplace Hazardous Materials Directorate, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Department of Health

Jason Wood Director, Policy and Program Development, Workplace Hazardous Materials Directorate, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Department of Health

Brian McCauley Assistant Commissioner, Canada Revenue Agency

Denise Frenette Vice-President, Finance and Corporate Services, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Soren Halverson Senior Chief, Corporate Finance and Asset Management, Department of Finance

Wayne Foster Director, Securities Policies, Department of Finance

James Wu Chief, Financial Institutions Analysis, Department of Finance

Donald Roussel Acting Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security, Department of Transport

Kash Ram Director General, Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation, Department of Transport

Michel Leclerc Director, Regulatory Affairs Coordination, Department of Transport

Colin Spencer James Director, Policy and Program Design, Temporary Foreign Workers, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

Darlene Carreau Chairperson, Trade-marks Opposition Board, Department of Industry

Paul Halucha

Nathalie Martel Director, Old Age Security Policy, Income Security and Social Development Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

Thao Pham Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal Montreal Bridges, Department of Transport

France Pégeot Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Department of Justice

Ann Chaplin Senior General Counsel, Department of Justice

Atiq Rahman Director, Operational Policy and Research, Department of Employment and Social Development

7:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Thank you.

We'll go back to Mr. Keddy, please.

7:30 p.m.

Conservative

Gerald Keddy Conservative South Shore—St. Margaret's, NS

That's quite an interjection, Mr. McKay. I'll go back and check the record, but I certainly at no time said anything about smearing the reputation of Mr. Lynn. I think I quite correctly and appropriately explained the sequence of events, including Mr. Lynn's termination for cause and the fact that there's no remuneration paid.

So you can try to draw something out of that, or attempt to put words in my mouth, but you're not going to be very successful doing that. What I did say is that it's a very open and blatant attempt by both the NDP and the Liberals to smear the reputations of ACOA employees, and there are very good ACOA employees who do great work for the Government of Canada and the civil service on a daily basis.

7:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Okay, thank you.

Do you want a recorded vote on LIB-14.1?

7:30 p.m.

Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

Yes. I'll be interested in Mr. Keddy's vote.

(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 182 agreed to)

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

We'll go to clause 183. We'll do LIB-14.2.

Do you want another recorded vote, Mr. McKay?

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Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

Yes, please.

(Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

(Clause 183 agreed to)

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

I want to thank Ms. Frenette for being here this evening. Thank you for your contributions.

Oops, sorry, I should not do that.

Can I group clauses 184 to 192 together, colleagues?

7:30 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

(Clauses 184 to 192 inclusive agreed to on division)

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Thank you, Ms. Frenette.

Colleagues, we have division 11, the Museums Act, clauses 193 to 205. I don't have any amendments. Do you want to group these together?

7:35 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Say that again, Chair—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

It's the Museums Act, clauses 193 to 205. It's division 11.

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Yes.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Can we group them together?

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NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

Yes, please.

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Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

My voting instruction sheets are a mix of yes and no. We are at—

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

We're at 193.

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Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

—193. I can group 194 and 195, but I can't include the rest.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

(Clause 193 agreed to)

So can I group the next two together?

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Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

That's fine.

(Clauses 194 and 195 agreed to)

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

How many can I group together?

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Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

We can group 196 to 199.

(Clauses 196 to 199 inclusive agreed to)

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Can I group 200 to 205?

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Liberal

John McKay Liberal Scarborough—Guildwood, ON

We can only consider clause 200. Sorry.

(Clause 200 agreed to)

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

All in favour of clauses 201 to 205?