Evidence of meeting #27 for Finance in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was pandemic.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Charles Milliard  President and Chief Executive Officer, Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
Pia Bouman  Artistic Director and Founder, Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement
Martin Roy  Executive Director, Festivals and Major Events Canada
Beth Potter  President and Chief Executive Director, Tourism Industry Association of Canada
Mathieu Lavigne  Senior Consultant, Public and Economic Affairs, Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
Stéphanie Laurin  President and Founder, Association des salles de réception et érablières commerciales du Québec
DT Cochrane  Policy Researcher, Canadians for Tax Fairness
Aaron Wudrick  Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Kim G.C. Moody  Chief Executive Officer and Director, Canadian Tax Advisory, Moodys Tax Law LLP
Caroline Bédard  Chairman and Chief Executive Director, Travailleurs autonomes Québec

5:30 p.m.

Policy Researcher, Canadians for Tax Fairness

DT Cochrane

Absolutely, it's the wealth tax. It would bring in more revenue, and it would have some of the same effects as an excess profits tax. We are alone among many of our allies in not having some form of wealth tax. It's in the fiscal tool kit. We just need to make use of it.

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Thank you to all witnesses for their presentations today—a very sincere thank you. I think we had an interesting discussion that covered a lot of angles.

To you, Ms. Laurin, congratulations on setting up an organization during this crisis to get your point across. That's critical. I think it shows what Canadians can do when they come together to try to push their point with governments at all levels. We may not always agree, but getting that information out there is critical.

Thank you all for your presentations today. We wish you well.

For committee members, we have a meeting tomorrow at 10 o'clock. It was originally at 11 o'clock, so remember that we're starting at 10 o'clock Ottawa time tomorrow. The Conservatives get to go to their convention after our meeting, so they'll have a good send-off.

That being said, thank you all, once again.

The meeting is adjourned.