FINA Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
Nathan Hume, Jeffrey Simser, Valerie Walker, Paul Cheliak, Kathy Baig and Lauren van den Berg made statements and, with Matthew McKean and Éric Bosco, answered questions.
Jasraj Singh Hallan moved, — That, given the unprecedented $3 billion fine on TD by the US Department of Justice and given the criminal activity that this money laundering fuels has likely carried into Canada, the US has named Canada as a major money laundering country and Canada has developed an international reputation for ease of money laundering and has a lack of enforcement, the committee invite Bharat Masrani, Chief Executive Officer of the TD Bank, the Superintendent of OSFI, the Minister of Finance, Bank of Canada officials responsible for the Financial Crimes Risk Management Program, and FINTRAC, and that these hearings happen in addition to the regularly schedule committee work plan and that, in order to the accommodate these witnesses, regular committee meetings be extended by one hour.
Debate arose thereon.
Rachel Bendayan moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Yvan Baker, Rachel Bendayan, Don Davies, Julie Dzerowicz, Francesco Sorbara, Joanne Thompson — 6;
NAYS: Adam Chambers, Jasraj Singh Hallan, Pat Kelly, Marty Morantz, Gabriel Ste-Marie — 5.
Questioning of the witnesses resumed.
At 5:39 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.