Finance Committee on June 3rd, 2021

Evidence of meeting #53 for Finance in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.

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On the agenda

Bill C-30

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Kristen Underwood Director General, Income Security and Social Development Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

Kevin Wagdin Director, Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat, Income Security and Social Development Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

Philippe Méla Legislative Clerk

Selena Beattie Executive Director, People Management and Community Engagement, Workplace Policies and Services Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

Karen Hall Director General, Social Policy Directorate, Strategic and Service Policy Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

Catherine Demers Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Alexandre Roger

Barbara Moran Director General, Strategic Policy, Analysis and Workplace Information, Labour Program - Policy, Dispute Resolution and International Affairs Directorate, Department of Employment and Social Development

Mona Nandy Executive Director, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

George Rae Director, Policy Analysis and Initiative, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development

Manon Paquet Director, Special Projects, Democratic Institutions Secretariat, Privy Council Office

6:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Okay, so we do not have unanimous consent to go back and do that. Thank you.

We don't have unanimous consent for Mr. Fraser's motion, so we'll come to the bill itself.

Shall the short title carry?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

On division.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Shall the title carry?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

On division.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Shall the bill as amended carry, because we do have a couple of amendments here?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

On division.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Shall the chair report the bill as amended to the House?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

On division.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill as amended for the use of the House at report stage? We'd have to do that.

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Folks, that completes the bill, and I will hopefully report the bill, as amended, to the House tomorrow.

I would say thank you to the clerk, the legislative clerk and the translators. I know this has been a long go on very technical stuff.

I thank all the witnesses from numerous departments who did their best to give explanations to us on all the questions that were asked.

Thank you to committee members for their endurance. There were many late evenings, a lot of reading, a lot of research and listening to a lot of witnesses.

6:15 p.m.

Green

Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC

Can I just say something? I'm sort of your mascot because I don't have any status, but I just want to take my hat off to all of you. This is a well-run committee. It does really good work. It really listens and does the work, so to all of you I just want to add my thanks as a Canadian citizen.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Very good. Thanks, Ms. May.

With that—

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Liberal

Annie Koutrakis Liberal Vimy, QC

Mr. Chair, if I may, I'd like to also extend my thanks to all our committee members, to all the clerks, the legislative clerk, everybody who's really helped us along, and for the thoughtful debates and conversations that we've had. As an elected MP in 2019, I have to tell you that this is quite the experience for me. Thank you so much for allowing me to learn from all of you. Thank you to the translators and to everybody who made this happen.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Good stuff.

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Liberal

Julie Dzerowicz Liberal Davenport, ON

Yes, that's on behalf of us all.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Thank you all.

With that, we shall see you all in the House.

We'll have a steering committee likely next Tuesday, I believe.

I call the meeting adjourned.