Finance Committee on March 19th, 2024

Evidence of meeting #132 for Finance in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was competition.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Subject matter of Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 21, 2023 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023

Bill C-59

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Erin Hunt Director General, Financial Crimes and Security Division, Department of Finance

Erin Cassidy Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice

Douglas Wolfe Senior Director, Strategic Policy and Legislative Reform, Analysis and Workplace Information Directorate, Labour Program, Department of Employment and Social Development

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

Nicolas Marion Senior Director, Payments Policy, Department of Finance

Mark Schaan Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector, Department of Industry

Martin Simard Senior Director, Corporate, Insolvency and Competition Directorate, Department of Industry

Gemma Boag Director General, Freshwater Policy and Engagement, Department of the Environment

Gerard Peets Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Results Branch, Office of Infrastructure of Canada

Lindsay Boldt Senior Director, Strategic Policy, Office of Infrastructure of Canada

Sonia Johnson Director General, Tobacco Control, Department of Health

March 19th, 2024 / 1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

That is the time, MP Thompson. Thank you.

We want to thank our very knowledgeable and hard-working officials who have answered many, many questions here for us today. I know you're going to answer more, because we're going to be sending you some emails.

I know, MP Blaikie, that you have your hand up.

I also want to say to members while I have you here that we have talked about how hard working our clerk is. He's the best clerk on the Hill. To help our clerk, when it comes to witnesses as we get into Bill C-59, I'm asking members to get the preliminary list of witnesses to the clerk by, let's just say, Tuesday of next week. Would that work? Okay. Get that list in by Tuesday, please. That would help the clerk to reach out to them, and we can have them all prepped and ready to come before committee. Thank you for that.

Now we'll go to MP Blaikie before we conclude.

1:05 p.m.

NDP

Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB

I have a quick question.

You may recall—I think it was at the last meeting—that I moved a motion on doubling the GST rebate in the national school nutrition program. We didn't come back to that, so I wanted to let you know that I'll be following up with you, Mr. Chair, and the clerk to figure out how that comes back on the agenda. The meeting was adjourned, but debate on the motion wasn't adjourned. I just wanted to lay a marker down that I am still very much interested in that question.

Mr. Lawrence expressed enthusiasm for voting for tax relief, so I'm sure he'll want to support the motion. I'd hate, therefore, not to have it come back to the table expeditiously, so I'll be following up with you on that issue, Mr. Chair.

Thank you.

1:05 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

Thank you, MP Blaikie.

We are adjourned.