Peter MacKinnon, Gerald Grandey & Josef Hormes among select few to meet with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty; public shafted on town hall meetings

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty promised pre-budget town hall
meetings across Canada but held only two -- in Whitby-Oshawa (left)
and West Vancouver (right)

‘In the new year, Flaherty will meet with Canadians across the country in town hall meetings, and looks forward to “hearing directly and in person what their concerns are and what their advice is.”’
– Flaherty appoints economic advisory council, CBC News, Dec. 18, 2008

‘Flaherty, who was holding pre-budget consultations with business and academic leaders in Saskatoon Thursday, said the government was listening to the advice of ordinary Canadians as well and would hold town hall meetings.’
– Flaherty turns to private sector for advice, The StarPhoenix, Dec. 19, 2008

‘Meeting with ordinary Canadians is also on his agenda. Town hall meetings will take place in several different cities across the country in the new year.’
– Flaherty establishes economic council, The Canadian Press, Dec. 18, 2008

On Dec. 11, 2008 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced the launch of the government’s national consultation leading into its fourth budget, to be tabled on January 27, 2009.

In an op-ed that appeared in The Golden Star on Dec. 23, 2008, Flaherty said the government was taking steps “to ensure we consult with as many Canadians as possible.”

“I’m holding a series of roundtable discussions with business leaders, economists, academics, industry leaders, community and labour organizations in cities across Canada from Saint John to Victoria,” wrote Flaherty.

“We’re also organizing town hall meetings in other locations across Canada where I look forward to hearing from Canadians personally.”

The roundtable discussions were with “invited stakeholders” only. Finance officials refused to release the names of the participants.

As for the town hall meetings there were only two, both in Conservative ridings: Whitby-Oshawa and West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country. The rest of the country was ignored.

Flaherty and his staff appeared to have had lots of time, though, to meet with business leaders and lobby groups. The federal lobbyists’ registry in Ottawa reveals a revolving door of oil and pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, senior executives and consultants representing clients parading through the Prime Minister’s Office, Privy Council Office and Finance Canada meeting with minister’s and their senior officials.

Some of the more recognizable names include J.D. Irving, Limited president, James Irving, Suncor CEO Richard George, Canadian Chamber of Commerce president Perrin Beatty, former New Brunswick premier Bernard Lord, Canadian Bankers Association president Nancy Hughes Anthony, Magna International co-CEO Donald Walker, Air Canada CEO Montie Brewer and CanWest Global CEO Leonard Asper.

Closer to home at least three Saskatchewan residents were among the privileged few to meet with Flaherty during his closed-door roundtable meeting tour across Canada: U of S president Peter MacKinnon, Cameco CEO Gerald Grandey and Canadian Light Source executive director Josef Hormes.

The registry listings seem to also to indicate that budget consultations were taking place well before the official launch date. Records show that Canadian Federation of Independent Business president Catherine Swift met with two Finance Department policy advisors on Dec. 4 to discuss the 2009 budget. This is in addition to Swift’s participation in the closed-door roundtable meeting with Flaherty held in Thornhill, Ontario on Jan. 9. So this particular lobby group appeared to have at least two kicks at the can while ordinary Canadians got the shaft.

The Viewpoint below was published in The StarPhoenix on Jan. 22, 2009. Following that are the communication logs for the Prime Minister’s Office, the Privy Council Office and Finance Canada beginning Dec. 1, 2008 as found on the federal lobbyists’ registry website.

Lip service paid to pre-budget consulting idea

Joe Kuchta
The StarPhoenix

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Following is the viewpoint of the writer, a resident of Saskatoon.

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s pre-budget public consultation appears to have been a sham.

Flaherty said in Saskatoon last month that town hall meetings would be conducted across Canada: “I look forward to hearing from Canadians directly and in person what their concerns are and what their advice is.”

To date, he has held just two town hall meetings -- one in the safe confines of his home riding of Whitby-Oshawa, and other in the West Vancouver riding held by fellow Conservative MP John Weston.

In an op-ed published Dec. 23 in The Golden Star, Flaherty said he wrote to all MPs asking them to consult with constituents on local priorities and to report back to him directly. The same day, Flaherty's communications director, Mike Storeshaw, had a letter in the Toronto Star saying MPs had until Jan. 10 to submit their findings.

Evidence suggests that Saskatchewan MPs did little or nothing during the consultation period to canvass their constituents in any meaningful way.

A search through their websites shows that none made announcements or issued news releases about any pre-budget public meetings. A search of The StarPhoenix, Leader-Post and Prince Albert Daily Herald from Dec. 12 to Jan. 10 turned up no news stories or advertisements involving these MPs holding pre-budget meetings. I live in the riding of Conservative MP Kelly Block. Our apartment building received no mail-outs to advise of any meetings.

So what exactly are MPs reporting to Flaherty?

The only public consultation accessible to everyone was a survey posted on the Finance Canada website. Participants were asked to assign a rating to a series of pre-determined fiscal stimulus priorities: Expedite infrastructure spending; invest in housing; build strong sustainable labour markets and training incentives; support traditional and emerging industrial sectors; improve access to credit; and “other.”

Participants were allowed a maximum 50 words to comment on each topic. Anyone with an innovative idea was given one paragraph to explain it. The form did not ask for a name or address, and was susceptible to manipulation since it was possible to submit more than one response.

The online consultation contained a link to a presentation called Fiscal Stimulus: Budget 2009 Consultations. The document outlined the tools available to the government and the Bank of Canada to support economic growth. These include “monetary policy, measures to support Canadian credit markets, and fiscal policy actions through lower taxes or higher targeted spending, such as infrastructure investment.”

The document makes clear that “In the current environment, fiscal policy should continue to complement monetary policy and measures to support credit markets in order to promote an economic recovery.”

This is contrary to what Flaherty has been telling Canadians -- that his government is open to all suggestions. The report notes that an “effective stimulus should also balance our short term needs with our long term economic plan for prosperity.”

The plan in question is the Conservative government’s Advantage Canada: Building a Strong Economy for Canadians, which Flaherty released in November 2006. The bottom line is that, unless your ideas fit with the Harper government’s pre-determined options and objectives, the survey was pointless.

As part of his national consultation Flaherty conducted closed-door roundtable discussions with “invited stakeholders” in Saint John, Saskatoon, Montreal, Thornhill and Victoria.

The meeting in Saskatoon was on Dec. 18 at the Delta Bessborough. The StarPhoenix reported that 20 people attended, but only six were from Saskatchewan. I contacted Flaherty’s press secretary, Chisholm Pothier, and asked for the names of the participants. The request was denied. Apparently protecting the identity of business leaders and lobby group representatives outweighs the public’s right to know with whom their elected officials are meeting.

The federal lobbyists’ registry in Ottawa, however, has posted the names of at least three Saskatchewan residents who had the special privilege of meeting with Flaherty during his pre-budget tour: Canadian Light Source executive director Josef Hormes, University of Saskatchewan president Peter MacKinnon and Cameco CEO Gerald Grandey.

The rest of us don’t matter.

©The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon) 2009

Prime Minister’s Office communications log for Dec. 1, 2008 to Dec. 22, 2008
(Accessed on Jan. 20, 2009)

Registrant name: John Wright
Corporation: Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-22
Present: Stephen Harper, Prime Minister
Subject: Energy

Registrant name: Leonard Asper
Corporation: Canwest Global Communications Corp.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-19
Present: Stephen Harper, Prime Minister
Subject: Broadcasting

Registrant name: Pierre Blouin
Corporation: MTS Allstream Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-19
Present: Stephen Harper, Prime Minister; Steven Fletcher, Minister of State for Democratic Reform, Members of the House of Commons; Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board, President’s Office - House of Commons
Subject: Economy

Registrant name: David Angus
Client: Canadian Shipowners Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-17
Present: Mark Cameron, Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Priorities, Planning and Research, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Richard George
Corporation: Suncor Energy Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-17
Present: Jim Prentice, Minister, Environment Canada; Bruce Carson, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister; Prime Minister’s Office; Ian Shugart, Deputy Minister, Environment Canada
Subject: Environment, Energy

Registrant name: Bernard Lord
Organization: Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-17
Present: Jasmine Igneski, Policy Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office; Jasmine Igneski, Policy Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office; Jasmine Igneski, Policy Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office
Subject: Wireless broadband infrastructure - Budget 2009

Registrant name: Donald Walker
Corporation: Magna International Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: Stephen Harper, Prime Minister
Subject: Industry

Registrant name: Montie Brewer
Corporation: Air Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Mark Cameron, Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Prime Minister’s Office
Subject: Defined benefit pension regulations

Registrant name: S. Michael Brooks
Organization: Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Jasmine Igneski, Economic Policy Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Sean Durfy
Corporation: WestJet
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Mark Cameron, Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Prime Minister’s Office; Adam Blinick, Special Assistant, Prime Minister's Office; Chris Froggatt, Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Transport
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Jean-Marc Eustache
Corporation: Transat A.T. Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Marc Cameron, Director, Policy & Research, Prime Minister’s Office
Subject: Transportation, Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Joe Randell
Corporation: Air Canada Jazz
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Mark Cameron, Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Prime Minister’s Office
Subject: Defined benefit pension regulations

Registrant name: Jeff Bangs
Client: Canadian Off-Highway Vehicle Distributors Council
Meeting Date: 2008-12-09
Present: Rebecca Thompson, Policy Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office
Subject: Regional Development, Sports, Tourism, Infrastructure

Registrant name: William Murphy
Corporation: McNeil Consumer Healthcare
Meeting Date: 2008-12-02
Present: Sabrina Anzini, Policy, Prime Minister’s Office
Subject: Consumer Issues

Registrant name: Michael Cleland
Organization: Canadian Gas Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-01
Present: Mark Cameron, Director of Policy, Prime Minister’s Office
Subject: Quality Urban Energy Systems for Tomorrow (QUEST), Energy Policy, Energy Sector Sustainability Table (ESST)

Privy Council Office communications log for Dec. 1, 2008 to Dec. 19, 2008
(Accessed on Jan. 20, 2009)

Registrant name: Daniel Friedmann
Corporation: MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-19
Present: Daniel Jean, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Operations, Privy Council Office; Kevin G. Lynch, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office
Subject: Industry

Registrant name: Daniel Friedmann
Corporation: MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: Kevin G. Lynch, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office
Subject: Industry

Registrant name: Jim Facette
Organization: Canadian Airports Council
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: Jacques Paquette, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office; Rob Wright, Ass Secr to Cab & Deputy Min, Deputy Minister’s Office, Finance Canada; Rob Taylor, Chief of Staff, Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism, Industry Canada
Subject: Airport Rent; Federal Budget 2009

Registrant name: David Angus
Client: Canadian Shipowners Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-05
Present: Simon Kennedy, Deputy Secretary, Deputy Secretary to Cabinet, Plans and Consultation, Privy Council Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Vicky Sharpe
Organization: Sustainable Development Technologies Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Daniel Jean, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office
Subject: Environment

Registrant name: Mark Quinn
Client: Nisga Lisims Government
Meeting Date: 2008-12-03
Present: Niel Bower, Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Social Development Policy, Privy Council Office
Subject: Aboriginal Affairs, Finance

Registrant name: Manabu Nishimae
Corporation: Honda Canada Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-01
Present: Richard Dicerni, Deputy Minister, Industry Canada, Industry Canada; Robert Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada; Louis Ranger, Deputy Minister, Transport Canada; Cassie Doyle, Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada; Simon Kennedy, Deputy Secretary to Cabinet, Privy Council Office
Subject: Industry

Finance Canada communications log for Dec. 1, 2008 to Jan. 16, 2009
(Accessed on Jan. 20, 2009)

Registrant name: Chuck Rachlis
Client: UCB Pharma Canada
Meeting Date: 2009-01-16
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Chuck Rachlis
Client: UCB Pharma Canada
Meeting Date: 2009-01-14
Present: Kei Moray, Senior Chief, Strategic Projects, Business Income Tax
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Randall Williams
Organization: Tourism Industry Association of Canada
Meeting Date: 2009-01-08
Present: Derek Vanstone, Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Tourism, Infrastructure

Registrant name: Eric Ostfield
Client: Ernst & Young LLP
Meeting Date: 2008-12-30
Present: Brian Ernerwein, General Director, Tax Policy Branch
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Leslie Noble
Client: EnergySolutions, LLC
Meeting Date: 2008-12-23
Present: Derek Vanstone, Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister
Subject: Environment, Energy, Industry

Registrant name: Peter George
Organization: McMaster University
Meeting Date: 2008-12-22
Present: James Flaherty, Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Environment, Industry, Science and Technology, Automotive Research

Registrant name: Gerry McCaughey
Corporation: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-19
Present: Louise Levonian, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy
Subject: Tax/liquidity and capital deployment

Registrant name: Claire M. Morris
Organization: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-19
Present: Rob Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: University Research, Science and Technology, Infrastructure, Education and Higher Education

Registrant name: Claire M. Morris
Organization: Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-19
Present: Denis Gauthier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development and Corporate Finance
Subject: Education and Higher Education, Science and Technology, Infrastructure, University Research

Registrant name: Peter Brenders
Organization: BIOTECanada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Ministers Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: S. Michael Brooks
Organization: Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Senior Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Josef Hormes
Organization: Canadian Light Source Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: Jim Flaherty, Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Science and Technology

Registrant name: Peter MacKinnon
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Finance Canada
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Peter MacKinnon
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: James Flaherty, Minister of Finance
Subject: Science and Technology, Education, Industry, Health

Registrant name: Peter MacKinnon
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance
Subject: Health, Industry, Science and Technology, Education

Registrant name: Vicky Sharpe
Organization: Sustainable Development Technologies Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: Denis Gauthier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Innovation, Industry, Environment

Registrant name: Nanci Woods
Client: Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-18
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Pre-Budget Consultation

Registrant name: Pierre Beauchamp
Organization: Canadian Real Estate Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-17
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance; Mary Martin, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: David Humphreys
Client: Canadian Real Estate Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-17
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Finance Canada
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Teri Kirk
Client: Imagine Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-17
Present: Mary Martin, Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada; Amy Ringdahl, Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Bernard Lord
Organization: Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-17
Present: Mary Martin, Policy Advisor, Minister’s office
Subject: Wireless broadband infrastructure - Budget 2009

Registrant name: Peter MacKinnon
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Meeting Date: 2008-12-17
Present: Lynn Yelich, Minister Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD); James Flaherty, Minister of Finance; David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Finance Canada; Derek Vanstone, Chief of Staff, Finance Canada; Ted Menzies, Parlimentary Secretary, Finance Canada
Subject: Industry, Education, Health, Science and Technology

Registrant name: Ross Creber
Organization: Direct Sellers Association of Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: Mary Martin, Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Jim Facette
Organization: Canadian Airports Council
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: Rob Taylor, Chief of Staff, Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism, Industry Canada; Rob Wright, Ass Secr to Cab & Deputy Min, Deputy Minister’s Office; Jacques Paquette, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office
Subject: Airport Rent; Federal Budget 2009

Registrant name: James Lorimer
Client: Direct Sellers Association of Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: Mary Martin, Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: David MacKay
Organization: Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: James Flaherty, Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Agriculture, Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: W. Jack Millar
Client: Direct Sellers Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: Mary Martin, Executive Assistant, Minister’s Office
Subject: Application of GST Direct Sellers Mechanism

Registrant name: Eric Ostfield
Client: Ernst & Young LLP
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: Brian Enerwien, Assistant Deputy Minister, Taxation
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Douglas Richardson
Client: Canadian Light Source Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-16
Present: Derrick van Stone, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Finance
Subject: Science and Technology

Registrant name: Montie Brewer
Corporation: Air Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Derek Vanstone, Chief of Staff, Finance Canada
Subject: Defined benefit pension regulations

Registrant name: Gordon Dunning
Organization: Canadian Life and Health Insurance Corporation (Assuris)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Sandra Dunn, Chief, Financial Sector Stability; Rob Stewart, General Director, Financial Security Policy Branch; Jeremy Rudin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch
Subject: Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Sean Durfy
Corporation: WestJet
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Derek Vanstone, Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Jean-Marc Eustache
Corporation: Transat A.T. Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Derek Vanstone, Chief of Staff, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Consumer Issues, Transportation, Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Monique F. Leroux
Corporation: Fédération des Caisses Desjardins du Québec
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Jeremy Rudin, Sous-ministre adjoint, Finance Canada
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Joe Randell
Corporation: Air Canada Jazz
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Derek Vanstone, Chief of Staff, Finance Canada
Subject: Defined benefit pension regulations

Registrant name: Nora Sobolov
Organization: The Lung Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-15
Present: Rob Serpe, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Lung Health Framework, 2009 Federal Budget

Registrant name: Perrin Beatty
Organization: Canadian Chamber of Commerce (The)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-12
Present: Rob Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Pre-Budget consultation meeting

Registrant name: S. Michael Brooks
Organization: Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-12
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Senior Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: S. Michael Brooks
Organization: Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-12
Present: Kevin McCarthy, Senior Policy Advisor. Minister’s Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: S. Michael Brooks
Organization: Real Property Association of Canada (REALPAC)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-12
Present: Louise Levonian, Assistant Deputy Minister (acting), Tax Policy
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Gerald Grandey
Corporation: Cameco Corporation
Meeting Date: 2008-12-12
Present: Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance
Subject: Industry, Mining

Registrant name: James Irving
Corporation: J.D. Irving, Limited
Meeting Date: 2008-12-12
Present: Kevin McCarthy, Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada; Adam Chambers, Executive Assistant, Finance Canada; James Flaherty, Minister; Chisholm Pothier, Press Secretary, Finance Canada; Ted Menzies, Parliamentary Secretary, Finance Canada; Rodney Weston, Member of the House of Commons
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Andrew Boddington
Client: AIG Commercial Insurance Company of Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-11
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: George Boddington
Client: Blair Franklin Capital Partners
Meeting Date: 2008-12-11
Present: Kevin McCarthy, Policy Advisor, Minister’s office
Subject: Government Procurement

Registrant name: Peter Brenders
Organization: BIOTECanada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-11
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Brock Carlton
Organization: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Meeting Date: 2008-12-10
Present: Kevin McCarthy, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Minister of Finance
Subject: Infrastructure, Budget 2009

Registrant name: George Christidis
Client: MBNA Canada Bank
Meeting Date: 2008-12-10
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Nancy Hughes Anthony
Organization: Canadian Bankers Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-10
Present: Kevin McCarthy, Senior Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Marlo Raynolds
Organization: Pembina Institute
Meeting Date: 2008-12-10
Present: Rob Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Budget recommendations

Registrant name: Peter Robinson
Organization: David Suzuki Foundation
Meeting Date: 2008-12-10
Present: Robert Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Carbon Pricing

Registrant name: Montie Brewer
Corporation: Air Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-09
Present: Rob Wright, Deputy Minister of Finance, Finance Canada
Subject: Defined benefit pension regulations

Registrant name: Fred Green
Corporation: Canadian Pacific Railway
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: Jeremy Rudin, Associate Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Nancy Hughes Anthony
Organization: Canadian Bankers Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: Tiff Macklem, Associate Deputy Minister & G7 Deputy for Canada, Ministry of Finance
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Fitti Lourenco
Client: Canaccord Capital Corporation (CCC)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Fitti Lourenco
Client: AIG United Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Randy McLeod
Corporation: BP Canada Energy Company
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: Ian Shugart, Deputy Minister, Office of the Deputy Minister, Environment Canada; Rob Wright, Deputy Minister, Office of the Deputy Minister, Finance Canada; Cassie Doyle, Deputy Minister, Office of the Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada
Subject: Environment, Industry, Energy

Registrant name: Kevin Meyers
Corporation: ConocoPhillips Canada Limited
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: Rob Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada; Denis Gauthier, ADM, Economic Development, Finance Canada; Cassie Doyle, Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada; Ian Shugart, Deputy Minister, Environment Canada
Subject: Energy, Aboriginal Affairs, Alaska Pipeline, Infrastructure

Registrant name: Lou Riccoboni
Client: Air Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Lou Riccoboni
Client: AIG United Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Lou Riccoboni
Client: Canaccord Capital Corporation (CCC)
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Dan Seekings
Client: Denali - The Alaska Gas Pipeline
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: Rob Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Energy, Taxation and Finance, Industry

Registrant name: Dan Seekings
Client: Conoco Phillips Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-08
Present: Rob Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Energy, Taxation and Finance, Industry

Registrant name: Nancy Hughes Anthony
Organization: Canadian Bankers Association
Meeting Date: 2008-12-05
Present: Louise Levonian, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch
Subject: Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: George Christidis
Client: MBNA Canada Bank
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Kevin McCarthy, Senior Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Financial Institutions

Registrant name: Marc Desmarais
Organization: Genome Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Denis Gauthier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development and Corporate Finance Branch
Subject: Government funding for genomics research

Registrant name: Martin Godbout
Client: Genome Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Denis Gauthier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development and Corporate Finance Branch
Subject: Government funding for genomics research

Registrant name: Dawn Graham
Corporation: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisory, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Health, Taxation and Finance, Intellectual Property, Consumer Issues, Science and Technology, Industry

Registrant name: Dawn Graham
Corporation: Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisory, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Science and Technology, Industry, Consumer Issues, Taxation and Finance, Health, Intellectual Property

Registrant name: Mark Jones
Corporation: AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance; David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of Finance
Subject: Science and Technology, Industry, Intellectual Property, Health, Consumer Issues, Taxation and Finance

Registrant name: Ronnie Miller
Corporation: Hoffmann-La Roche Limited
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Consumer Issues, Science and Technology, Health, Taxation and Finance, Industry, Intellectual Property

Registrant name: Ronnie Miller
Corporation: Hoffmann-La Roche Limited
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Minister’s Office
Subject: Taxation and Finance, Consumer Issues, Science and Technology, Industry, Health, Intellectual Property

Registrant name: Jérôme Silvestre
Corporation: sanofi-aventis Canada Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Amy Ringdhal, Conseillère en politiques, Cabinet du Ministre des Finances
Subject: Science and Technology

Registrant name: Jérôme Silvestre
Corporation: sanofi-aventis Canada Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: David Rancourt, Conseiller en politiques, Cabinet du Ministre des Finances
Subject: Science and Technology

Registrant name: Catherine Swift
Organization: Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Finance Canada
Subject: Budget 2009

Registrant name: Catherine Swift
Organization: Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Alana Heath, Policy Advisor, Finance Canada
Subject: Budget 2009

Registrant name: Erin Wall
Client: Science World British Columbia
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Leif Malling, Director, Corporate Integration, PPP Canada, Finance Canada
Subject: Tourism, Science and Technology, Infrastructure

Registrant name: Russell Williams
Organization: Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: David Rancourt, Policy Advisor, Finance Canada
Subject: Health, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology, Taxation and Finance, Industry, Constitutional Issues

Registrant name: Russell Williams
Organization: Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies
Meeting Date: 2008-12-04
Present: Amy Ringdahl, Policy Advisor, Finance Canada
Subject: Health, Industry, Intellectual Property, Constitutional Issues, Taxation and Finance, Science and Technology

Registrant name: William Murphy
Corporation: McNeil Consumer Healthcare
Meeting Date: 2008-12-02
Present: Jim Flaherty, Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Consumer Issues

Registrant name: Erin Wall
Client: Calgary Zoo
Meeting Date: 2008-12-02
Present: Leif Malling, Director, Corporate Integration, PPP Canada, Finance Canada
Subject: Tourism, Infrastructure

Registrant name: Betty DeVita
Corporation: Citibank Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-01
Present: Jane Pearse, Director, Financial Institutions Division
Subject: Assistance being provided to financial services organizations to enhance liquidity

Registrant name: Betty DeVita
Corporation: Citibank Canada
Meeting Date: 2008-12-01
Present: Jeremy Rudin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance Canada
Subject: Assistance being provided to financial services organizations to enhance liquidity

Registrant name: Manabu Nishimae
Corporation: Honda Canada Inc.
Meeting Date: 2008-12-01
Present: Cassie Doyle, Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada; Richard Dicerni, Deputy Minister, Industry Canada; Robert Wright, Deputy Minister, Finance Canada; Simon Kennedy, Deputy Secretary to Cabinet, Privy Council Office; Louis Ranger, Deputy Minister, Transport Canada
Subject: Industry