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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Finance (FINA)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 19

Monday, February 14, 2022, 10:02 a.m. to 1:24 p.m.

Room 415, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Televised

Presiding

Peter Fonseca, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

Bloc Québécois

Gabriel Ste-Marie

NDP

Daniel Blaikie

Acting Members present

• Philip Lawrence for Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative)

Other Members present

• Elizabeth May (Green Party)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Michaël Lambert-Racine, Analyst

• Joëlle Malo, Analyst

Bill C-8, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures

Witnesses

Department of Employment and Social Development

• Anamika Mona Nandy, Executive Director, Temporary Measures and Special Projects Division, Skills & Employment Branch

• Michael MacPhee, Director General, Employment Insurance Benefits Processing, Benefits and Integrated Services Branch, Service Canada

• Sylvain Noël, Manager, Policy Analysis and Initiatives, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch

Department of Finance

• Trevor McGowan, Director General, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch

• Lindsay Gwyer, Director General, Legislation, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch

• Pierre Leblanc, Director General, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

• Phil King, Director General, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

• Maximilian Baylor, Senior Director, Saving and Investment Section, Business Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

• Jenna Robbins, Senior Director, Strategic Planning and Policy, Business Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

• Pierre Mercille, Director General, Sales Tax Legislation, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

• Robert Ives, Senior Advisor, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch

• Ling Wang, Senior Director, Financial Programs and Strategy, Financial Services Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch

• Galen Countryman, Director General, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch

Department of Health

• Cameron MacDonald, Assistant Deputy Minister, Stategy, Integration and Date, COVID-19 Testing Secretariat

Public Health Agency of Canada

• Stephen Bent, Acting Vice-President, COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Task Force

• Martin Joyal, Director General, Strategic Policy, COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Task Force

Pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, February 10, 2022, the committee commenced consideration of Bill C-8, An Act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures.

The witnesses made statements and answered questions.

At 11:36 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), it was agreed that the committee continue to sit.

At 11:58 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:22 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2022 Budget

Witnesses

As an individual

• Brian J. Arnold, Professor Emeritus

• Carol Anne Hilton, Chief Executive Officer, Indigenomics Institute

MNP LLP

• Kim Drever, Partner, Taxation Services

• Amanjit Lidder, Senior Vice-President and Partner, Taxation Services

Moodys Private Client LLP

• Kim G. C. Moody, Chief Executive Officer

News Media Canada

• Jamie Irving, Chair

• Paul Deegan, President and Chief Executive Officer

Réseau FADOQ

• Gisèle Tassé-Goodman, President, Provincial Secretariat

• Danis Prud'homme, Chief Executive Officer, Provincial Secretariat

• Philippe Poirier-Monette, Collective Rights Advisor, Provincial Secretariat

Pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, the committee resumed its pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2022 budget.

Brian J. Arnold, Amanjit Lidder, Kim G.C. Moody, Jamie Irving, Paul Deegan and Gisèle Tassé-Goodman made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 1:24 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Alexandre Roger

Clerk of the Committee