Parliament of Canada

PARLIAMENT of CANADA

Standing Committee - Banking, Trade and Commerce


Notice of Meeting

Monday, November 25, 2002

11:00 AM
Televised live on PTN
Unrevised Information
Location: Room 505, Victoria Building 140 Wellington Street
Clerk : Denis Robert (613) 993-4874

Agenda

Study the public interest implications for large bank mergersStudy the public interest implications for large bank mergers.
Witnesses

(11:00 AM)
From the Department of Finance:
- Gerry Salembier, Director, Financial Institutions Division, Financial Sector Policy Branch
- Colleen Barnes, Chief, Competition Issues and Transactions, Financial Institutions Division
- Rhoda Attwood, General Counsel, General Legal Services

(12:00 PM)
From the Competition Bureau:
- Gaston Jorré, Senior Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Mergers Branch
- Richard Annan, Major Case Director and Strategic Policy Advisor, Mergers Branch
- Gerry Birks, Senior Competition Law Officer, Mergers Branch

(2:00 PM)
From the RBC Financial Group:
- Gordon M. Nixon, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Peter W. Currie, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
- Elisabetta Bigsby, Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Public Affairs

(3:00 PM)
From Scotiabank:
- Peter Godsoe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

(4:00 PM)
From the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce:
- John Hunkin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Robert Waite, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
- John Pattison, Senior Vice President, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs
- Gregory Tsang, Vice President, Government Relations & Strategy

(5:00 PM)
From the Canadian Federation of Independent Business:
- Garth Whyte, Executive Vice-President
- Brien G. Gray, Senior Vice-President, Field Operations

(7:30 PM)
From the TD Bank Financial Group:
- Edmund Clark, President and Chief Operating Officer



Meeting with Reporting and Interpretation