Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98

Chairman: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY

Monday, October 26, 1998 (a.m.)
Monday, October 26, 1998 (p.m.)
Tuesday, October 27, 1998

Issue No. 33

Forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-sixth meetings on: Examination of the present state of the financial system in Canada (Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector)

WITNESSES:

Monday, October 26, 1998

From the Farm Credit Corporation:

Mr. John Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Ms Louise Neveu, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer.

From the Saskatchewan and Alberta Credit Union Centrals:

Mr. Elwood Harvey, President, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan;

Mr. Sid Bildfell, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan;

Mr. Jim Scopick, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Union Central of Alberta;

Mr. John Vinek, General Manager, Lloydminster Credit Union; and

Mr. Keith Nixon, Director, Government Affairs, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan.

From the Association of Canadian Law Foundations:

Mr. Anthony Friend, Chair, Alberta Law Foundation;

Ms Pat Pitsula, Executive Director, Law Foundation of British Columbia;

Mr. Owen Snider, Executive Director, Law Foundation of Alberta; and

Mr. Robert Arscott, Secretary, Law Foundation of Saskatchewan.

From City Lumber Corporation:

Mr. Robert Rosen, President.

From the Insurance Brokers' Association of Saskatchewan, the Independent Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta and the Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba:

Mr. Ernie Gaschler, Executive Director, Insurance Brokers' Association of Saskatchewan;

Ms Barb Ricard, President, Insurance Brokers' Association of Saskatchewan;

Mr. Michael Saunders, Past President, Insurance Brokers' Association of Alberta;

Mr. Brian Gilbert, President, Insurance Brokers' Association of Manitoba; and

Mr. Harold Baker, Executive Director, Insurance Brokers' Association of Alberta.

Tuesday, October 27, 1998

From Comcorp:

Mr. Alan E. Morson, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Gordon M. Dunning, Executive Vice-President.

From First Nations Bank of Canada:

Mr. Keith Martell, Chairman.

From the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce and the Saskatoon and District Chamber of Commerce:

Mr. Norm Halldorson, Chairperson of the Finance committee, Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce;

Mr. Kent Smith-Windsor, Executive Director, Saskatoon and District Chamber of Commerce; and

Mr. Stan Schmidt, General Manager, Global Television Network.

From the Retail Council of Canada:

Ms Diane J. Brisebois, President and Chief Executive Officer; and

Mr. Ken J. Morrison, Banking Services Consultant.

From POS Pilot Plant Corp.:

Mr. Roy A. Carr, President.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chairman

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Angus, Austin, P.C., Callbeck, * Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kelleher, P.C., Kenny, Kolber, Kroft, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella (acting)), Meighen, Oliver

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98

Issue No. 33

WITNESSES:

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce