Evidence of meeting #3 for Finance in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was infrastructure.
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Liberal
Raj Grewal Liberal Brampton East, ON
Are there any metrics showing that for a dollar spent you would get...? On the change of policy, how much overall growth would we see in the Canadian economy?
Vice-President, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Canadian Construction Association
You could probably ask the Department of Finance. They have probably done some research on the investment they've seen as a result of their change in policy with respect to fixed equipment and machinery. The dealers association would probably also have some metrics on that. I don't have anything specific that I could point to, other than anecdotal information, which wouldn't really be all that useful.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
Thank you, Mr. Grewal and Mr. Ferreira.
We will have to suspend again, but first, before I do, I'd like to thank the witnesses for their presentations. There was a lot of good information here during the full day, and I certainly thank committee members for their endurance during the day.
We will have to suspend to have a full in camera meeting of the committee for a few minutes in order to add a few more witnesses for Thursday. We can't do it by steering committee, because we would have to report back, and that wouldn't give the clerk and company time to call the witnesses.
Again, thank you all. We'll suspend for five minutes.
[Proceedings continue in camera]