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Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025 Clause-by-Clause Consideration Witnesses Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Shannon Nix, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch (by videoconference) Steven Jurgutis, Director General, Policy, Planning and Integration Directorate (by videoconference) Department of Canadian Heritage Charlene Budnisky, Senior Director, Communication Legislative and Regulatory Policy (by videoconference) Pietro Cimino, Manager, Broadcasting, Communication Legislative and Regulatory Policy (by videoconference) Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Benoît Chartrand, Manager, Modern Treaty Management East, Modern Treaties, Consultation and Intergovernmental Relations Sector (by videoconference) Julia Redmond, Legal Counsel, Negotiations and Northern Affairs, Department of Justice (by videoconference) Department of Employment and Social Development Antoine Thibodeau, Director General and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Integrated Corporate Accounting and Accountability Directorate (by videoconference) Erinna Hou, Director, Program Integrity, Repayment and Designation (by videoconference) Erin Gillespie, Director, National School Food Program (by videoconference) Erin Hetherington, Director, Program Policy, Canada Student Financial Assistance Program (by videoconference) Misha Celentano, Manager, National School Food Program (by videoconference) Department of Finance Gervais Coulombe, Director General, Legislation, Sales Tax Division Robert Demeter, Director General, International Tax Division Lindsay Gwyer, Director General, Legislation, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch Judith Hamel, Director General, Financial Services Division Pierre Leblanc, Director General, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch Lauchlin MacEachern, Acting Director General, Legislation Brent Almond, Senior Director, Indigenous Taxation Policy Justin Brown, Senior Director, Financial Sector Integrity and National Security (by videoconference) Mark Maxson, Senior Director, Employment and Education, Personal Income Tax Division Michael Mosier, Senior Director, International Trade Policy Division (by videoconference) Oliver Rogerson, Senior Director, Strategic Projects, Business Income Tax Division Khusro Saeedi, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives (by videoconference) Mark Walsh, Senior Director, Macro Research and Special Initiatives Jeremy Weil, Senior Director, Financial Crimes Governance and Operations (by videoconference) Shane Baddeley, Director, Economic Development, Business Income Tax Division Stefania Bartucci, Director, Strategic Projects, Personal Income Tax Division Ingrid De Freitas, Director, International Inbound Investment, Tax Legislation Division Kïrsten Fraser, Director, Financial Services Innovation Brandon La Carte, Director, Resource and Environmental Taxation, Business Income Tax Division Marie-Pier Martin, Director, Environmental Taxation, Business Income Tax Division (by videoconference) Tyler Minty, Director, Industrial Decarbonization Taxation, Business Income Tax Division Mark Radley, Director, Consumer Affairs Barbara Russell, Director, Framework Policy (by videoconference) Gloria Wong, Director, Digital Assets (by videoconference) Benjamin Rankin, Senior Advisor, Financial Crimes and Security Division (by videoconference) David Turner, Senior Advisor, Sales Tax Division Jeffrey Baylis, Senior Analyst, Financial Sector Integrity and National Security (by videoconference) Roch Vézina, Senior Tax Policy Analyst Riley McDonald, Economist, Asset Management (by videoconference) David Smith, Senior Project Leader, Funds Management Division (by videoconference) Department of Fisheries and Oceans Bonny Wong-Fortin, Director General, Strategic Policy and Priorities (by videoconference) Kara Vlasman, Director, Intergovernmental Affairs and the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation (by videoconference) Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Robert Brookfield, Director General, Sanctions and Strategic Export Controls (by videoconference) Adrian Johnston, Acting Deputy Director and Senior Counsel, Trade Law Bureau (by videoconference) Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Lindsay Boldt, Director General, Build Canada Homes Transition Team (by videoconference) Kathryn McCauley, Director General, Alternative Finance, Policy and Operations (by videoconference) Jean-Sébastien Langelier, Executive Director, Build Canada Homes Transition Team (by videoconference) Department of Industry Samir Chhabra, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch Martin Simard, Senior Director, Corporate, Insolvency and Competition Directorate Jill Paterson, Senior Policy Advisor, Privacy and Data Protection Policy Directorate Department of Justice Sacha Baharmand, Deputy Director General and General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section (by videoconference) Anna Dekker, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director, Judicial Affairs Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector (by videoconference) Jenna MacDonald, General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section (by videoconference) Marie-Josée Poirier, Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector (by videoconference) Department of Natural Resources Michael Rau, Director General, Policy Planning Branch (by videoconference) Véronique Houle, Director, Projects Division (by videoconference) Department of Public Works and Government Services Chantal Clow, Director General, Portfolio and Government Affairs Eugene Gourevitch, Director, Postal Affairs Department of the Environment Stephanie Lane, Executive Director, Legislative Governance Division, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Protection Branch Department of Transport Vincent Robitaille, Assistant Deputy Minister, Marjor Projects Felix Meunier, Director General, Civil Aviation (by videoconference) Melanie Vanstone, Director General, Multi-Modal and Road Safety Programs (by videoconference) Josée Thibodeau, General Counsel, Legal Services, High Speed Rail Department of Veterans Affairs Julie Drury, Acting Director General, Policy and Research (by videoconference) Nathan Svenson, Senior Director, Disability and Health Care Policy (by videoconference) Major Projects Office Sarah Jackson, Director (by videoconference) Public Health Agency of Canada Stephen Bent, Vice-President, Regulatory, Operations and Emergency Management Branch Royal Canadian Mounted Police Jeff Hutcheson, Director General, Corporate Management and Controllership Joanne Rigon, Director General, National Compensation Service Treasury Board Secretariat Janelle Power, Executive Director, Red Tape Reduction Office Nadine Labrie, Acting Executive Director, Pension Policy and Programs (by videoconference) Brennen Young, Senior Director, Red Tape Reduction Office Laura MacLean, Acting Senior Director, Strategic Pension Policy, Communications and Engagement (by videoconference)
Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025 Appearing Marc Miller, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Witnesses Department of Canadian Heritage Francis Bilodeau, Deputy Minister, Department of Canadian Heritage Joëlle Montminy, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs Blair McMurren, Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs Véronique Côté, Chief Financial Officer Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Vicky Eatrides, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer Scott Hutton, Vice-President, Consumer, Analytics and Strategy Scott Shortliffe, Vice-President, Broadcasting Rachelle Frenette, General Counsel and Executive Director, Legal Services Department of Justice Sarah Geh, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector Anna Dekker, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director, Judicial Affairs Section (by videoconference) Sacha Baharmand, Deputy Director General and General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section Toby Hoffmann, Director and General Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section Marie-Josée Poirier, Counsel, Judicial Affairs Section Jenna MacDonald, General Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section Department of the Environment Stephanie Lane, Executive Director, Legislative Governance Source: ourcommons.ca
Part 1: Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025 Appearing Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs Witnesses Department of Veterans Affairs Christine McDowell, Acting Deputy Minister Steven Harris, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Delivery Jonathan Adams, Director General, Finance Nathan Svenson, Senior Director, Disability and Health Care Policy Office of the Veterans Ombudsman Nishika Jardine, Veterans Ombud Duane Schippers, Deputy Veterans Ombud Part 2: Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025 Appearing François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue Witnesses Department of Finance Nick Leswick, Deputy Minister Source: ourcommons.ca
Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act Appearing François-Philippe Champagne, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance and National Revenue Witnesses Department of Finance Maude Lavoie, Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch Source: ourcommons.ca
Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025 Appearing Steven MacKinnon, P.C., M.P., Minister of Transport Witnesses Department of Transport Arun Thangaraj, Deputy Minister Vincent Robitaille, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Programs VIA HFR – VIA TGF Inc. Martin Imbleau, President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Godbout, Vice President, Finance Félix Turgeon, Chief Legal Officer Marc-Olivier Ranger, Chief Strategic Policy and Partnerships Officer Source: ourcommons.ca
Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025 Witnesses Department of Finance Maximilian Baylor, Director General, Business Income Tax Division Gervais Coulombe, Director General, Legislation, Sales Tax Division Robert Demeter, Director General, International Tax Division Lindsay Gwyer, Director General, Legislation, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch Pierre Leblanc, Director General, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch Lauchlin MacEachern, Acting Director General, Legislation Brent Almond, Senior Director, Indigenous Taxation Policy Mark Maxson, Senior Director, Employment and Education, Personal Income Tax Division Shane Baddeley, Director, Economic Development, Business Income Tax Division Stefania Bartucci, Director, Strategic Projects, Personal Income Tax Division Ingrid De Freitas, Director, International Inbound Investment, Tax Legislation Division Marie-Pier Martin, Director, Environmental Taxation, Business Income Tax Division Roch Vézina, Senior Tax Policy Analyst, Indigenous Taxation Policy Alexey Belozorovich, Tax Legislation Specialist, Sales Tax Matthew Emde, Director General, Funds Management Division Judith Hamel, Director General, Financial Services Division Erin Hunt, Director General, Financial Crimes and Security Division Justin Brown, Senior Director, Financial Sector Integrity and National Security Michael Mosier, Senior Director, International Trade Policy Division Khusro Saeedi, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives Kïrsten Fraser, Director, Financial Services Innovation Mark Radley, Director, Consumer Affairs Barbara Russell, Director, Framework Policy Gloria Wong, Director, Digital Assets William Kendall, Senior Advisor, Financial Crimes and Security Division Riley McDonald, Economist, Asset Management Source: ourcommons.ca
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Use of Offshore Tax Havens Witnesses Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chad Babin, Acting Staff Sergeant, Federal Police Criminal Operations - Financial Crime Michael Saghbini, Chief Superintendent - Director General, Federal Police Criminal Operations - Financial Crime Source: ourcommons.ca
Use of Offshore Tax Havens Witnesses As an individual Geoffrey Loomer, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria (by videoconference) Julien Martin, Professor of Economic, Université du Québec à Montréal (by videoconference) Tax Justice Network Markus Meinzer, Director of Policy (by videoconference) Source: ourcommons.ca
Report of the Bank of Canada on Monetary Policy Witnesses Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem, Governor Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor Source: ourcommons.ca
Use of Offshore Tax Havens Witnesses Canadian Labour Congress D.T. Cochrane, Senior Economist As an individual Jonathan Farrar, Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University (by videoconference) Jinyan Li, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (by videoconference) Patrick Marley, Partner, Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP Source: ourcommons.ca
Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure Clause-by-Clause Consideration Witnesses Canada Revenue Agency Isabelle Brault, Director General, Legislative Policy Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch Hélène Lacasse, Director, Financial Institutions and Real Property Division Luisa Rizzo, Director General, GST/HST Rulings Directorate Department of Finance Gervais Coulombe, Director General, Legislation, Sales Tax Division Pierre Leblanc, Director General, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch Amanda Riddell, Senior Director, Real Property and Financial Institutions, Sales Tax Division Nina Gormanns, Director, Excise Policy, Sales Tax Division Privy Council Office Rachel Pereira, Director, Democratic Institutions Source: ourcommons.ca
The committee resumed consideration of Bill C 4. Appearing as witnesses are Paul Halucha (Deputy Minister of the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities), Alison McDermott (Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and International Affairs Branch of the Department of the Environment) and Judy Meltzer (Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Branch of the Department of the Environment).
The committee starts its study of the 2025-2026 budgetary cycle and resumes its consideration of Bill C-4. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne makes a statement and answers questions. Appearing as a witness from the Department of Finance is Chris Forbes (Deputy Minister). Also appearing as witnesses are Jennifer Keesmaat (President and Chief Executive Officer of Collecdev Markee), Geoff Cape (Chief Executive Officer of Assembly Corp.) and Richard Lyall (President of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario).
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