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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 138

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 10:01 a.m. to 2:07 p.m.

Room 035-B, West Block

Televised

Presiding

Peter Fonseca, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Don Davies

Acting Members present

• Vance Badawey for Rachel Bendayan (Liberal)

• Alexandre Boulerice for Don Davies (NDP)

• Hon. Ed Fast for Philip Lawrence (Conservative)

• Wilson Miao for Rachel Bendayan (Liberal)

• Denis Trudel for Gabriel Ste-Marie (Bloc Québécois)

• Ryan Williams for Jasraj Singh Hallan (Conservative)

• Jean Yip for Rachel Bendayan (Liberal)

• Bonita Zarrillo for Don Davies (NDP)

Associate Members present

• Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc Québécois)

• Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Bloc Québécois)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Brett Capwell, Analyst

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

Witnesses

As an individual

• David Brown, Realtor

• Jennifer Quaid, Associate Professor and Vice-Dean Research, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa

Association of acers producers of Québec

• Nicolas Baron, Vice-President

• Vincent Lambert, Secretary General

• Patrice Plouffe, Treasurer

Canadian Dental Association

• Aaron Burry, Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Society for Disability and Oral Health

• Joan Rush, Vice-President and Advocacy Committee Chair

Competition Bureau Canada

• Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition

• Anthony Durocher, Deputy Commissioner, Competition Promotion Branch

• Jeanne Pratt, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Mergers and Monopolistic Practices Branch

Montreal Economic Institute

• Renaud Brossard, Vice-President, Communications

• Daniel Dufort, President and Chief Executive Officer

Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

• Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer

• Diarra Sourang, Director, Economic Analysis

Union des consommateurs

• Maxime Dorais, Co-Director general

• Olivier Surprenant, Public Policy and Health Analyst

Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, March 18, 2024, the committee resumed consideration 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.

David Brown, Jennifer Quaid, Aaron Burry, Maxime Dorais and Olivier Surprenant made statements and answered questions.

At 11:03 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:09 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Matthew Boswell and Yves Giroux made statements and, with Jeanne Pratt, Anthony Durocher and Diarra Sourang, answered questions.

At 1:02 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 1:11 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Nicolas Baron, Joan Rush and Daniel Dufort made statements and, with Vincent Lambert, Patrice Plouffe and Renaud Brossard, answered questions.

At 2:07 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Alexandre Roger

Clerk of the committee