Evidence of meeting #57 for Finance in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was kpmg.

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MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Alexandre Roger
Serge Bilodeau  Chartered Professional Accountant, KPMG

5:30 p.m.

NDP

Peter Julian NDP New Westminster—Burnaby, BC

This will be my last question for today.

Mr. Bilodeau, you mentioned a tax expert called Barrie Philp. Is he the resource person who should enlighten us about the whole matter of KPMG's strategies?

5:30 p.m.

Chartered Professional Accountant, KPMG

Serge Bilodeau

Barrie Philp, whose name appears in the document that KPMG submitted, was one of those involved in developing that strategy.

As to whether he has to appear or not, I feel that's it's a question for you to answer.

5:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Thank you, Mr. Bilodeau. We will have to end it there.

Thank you very much for coming today. I'm sorry about all the technical difficulties. We will go forward on the basis of what the committee decides.

Thank you.

5:35 p.m.

Chartered Professional Accountant, KPMG

Serge Bilodeau

We don't know where the blame lies for the technical difficulties, but I am sorry for the delay and the inconvenience that it could have caused.

5:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

The technical issues were not your fault.

On behalf of the committee, thank you for coming.

For the steering committee, we did pass a motion or two here. Do we still need the steering committee, yes or no?

We do. Okay.

We will have to take at least 15 minutes. We will start the steering committee at 5:55 Ottawa time. We will only have a half-hour due to Zoom problems, etc.

We will adjourn this meeting and start the steering committee meeting at 5:55.

Thank you, all. Thank you, Mr. Bilodeau.

The meeting is adjourned.