Finance Committee on Feb. 21st, 2019

Evidence of meeting #198 for Finance in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-82
Interim Estimates 2019-20: Votes 1 and 5 under Canada Revenue Agency, Votes 1 and 5 under Department of Finance, Vote 1 under Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada and Vote 1 under Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Supplementary Estimates (B), 2018-19: Votes 1b and 5b under Canada Revenue Agency and Votes 1b, L15b, L20b and L25b under Department of Finance

MPs speaking

Wayne Easter
Joël Lightbound
Francesco Sorbara
Pierre Poilievre
Brian Masse
Peter Fragiskatos

Also speaking

Brian Ernewein  Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Legislation, Department of Finance

February 21st, 2019 / 11:30 a.m.

Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

I'm not the one interrupting, Mr. Chair.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Mr. Fragiskatos.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

You know, Mr. Chair, the point of my intervention is this. The government has said that this is a—

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An hon. member

[Inaudible—Editor]

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

—that's why they put it in the budget, and therefore, it is the job of the finance committee to ask questions of the finance minister—

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An hon. member

Look who's interrupting the business of this committee.

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Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Carleton, ON

—in relation to his interventions on the matter.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

The meeting is suspended.

I suspend the meeting.

[The meeting was adjourned at 11:31 a.m. See Minutes of Proceedings]