ETHI Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
That, given that,
(i) the Prime Minister recently appointed Mark Carney as the Chair of the Liberal Party’s Task Force on Economic Growth;
(ii) Mark Carney is the Chair of Brookfield Corporation, a multinational investment management company that owns Sagen, the second largest mortgage insurer in Canada;
(iii) on the first day of Mark Carney’s appointment, the Liberal Government announced major changes to the regulation of mortgage insurance in Canada, allowing for bigger and longer loans; and
(iv) this tremendously benefitted Brookfield, evidenced by their stock price hitting a 6 month high;
and given that:
(i) Jenni Byrne, who is the well-known special advisor to Pierre Poilievre as well as a registered lobbyist for Grocery multinational Loblaws at a time that the Poilievre conservatives are voting against every Liberal government measure to make grocery prices more affordable for Canadians;
(ii) and that Jenni Byrne, who regularly attends caucus meetings and daily morning strategy calls, is not listed as an employee in Pierre Poilievre's office to shield her from public disclosure and conflict of interest laws;
(iii) and that Jenni Byrne established a second lobbying firm working from the same office as Jenni Byrne + Associates to circumvent federal lobbying laws;”;
pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the committee call upon Mark Carneyand Jenni Byrne to testify before the committee for two hours each within 14 calendar days of the adoption of this motion.
and of the amendment of Frank Caputo moved on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 which read as follows:
That the motion as amended be amended:
(a) by deleting the words:
“Given that;
(i) The Prime Minister recently appointed Mark Carney as the Chair of the Liberal Party’s Task Force on Economic Growth;
(ii) Mark Carney is the Chair of Brookfield Corporation, a multinational investment management company that owns Sagen, the second largest mortgage insurer in Canada;
(iii) on the first day of Mark Carney’s appointment, the Liberal Government announced major changes to the regulation of mortgage insurance in Canada, allowing for bigger and longer loans;
(iv) this tremendously benefitted Brookfield, evidenced by their stock price hitting a 6 month high;
and given that:
(i) Jenni Byrne, who is the well-known special advisor to Pierre Poilievre as well as a registered lobbyist for Grocery multinational Loblaws at a time that the Poilievre conservatives are voting against every Liberal government measure to make grocery prices more affordable for Canadians;
(ii) and that Jenni Byrne, who regularly attends caucus meetings and daily morning strategy calls, is not listed as an employee in Pierre Poilievre's office to shield her from public disclosure and conflict of interest laws;
(iii) and that Jenni Byrne established a second lobbying firm working from the same office as Jenni Byrne + Associates to circumvent federal lobbying laws;”;
(b) by replacing the words “pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the committee call upon Mark Carney and Jenni Byrne to testify before the committee for two hours each within 14 calendar days of the adoption of this motion.” with the following: “pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the committee call upon Mark Carney to appear for two-hours, as well as Gurratan Singh and Jenni Byrne for one hour each to testify before the committee, within 14 calendar days of the adoption of this motion.”
The debate continued
Michael Barrett moved, — That the amendment be amended by replacing the words "That pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the committee call upon Mark Carney to appear for two-hours, as well as Jenni Byrne and Gurratan Singh to testify before the committee, for one hour each, within 14 calendar days of the adoption of this motion” with the words “That pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the committee call upon Mark Carney to appear for two-hours and following the appearance of Mark Carney, the committee invite the following witnesses to appear on a panel together for one hour: Jenni Byrne, Don Guy, Brian Topp and Gurratan Singh.”.
Debate arose thereon.
At 4:22 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 4:41 p.m., the meeting resumed.
The debate continued.
The question was put on the subamendment of Michael Barrett and it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Michael Barrett, Frank Caputo, Michael Cooper, René Villemure — 4;
NAYS: Parm Bains, Darren Fisher, Anthony Housefather, Iqra Khalid, Brenda Shanahan — 5.
The debate continued
At 5:58 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.