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MPs on 3rd day of pre-budget consultation hearings

The Commons finance committee is in its third day of consultation hearings in Ottawa ahead of the federal budget expected in March. CBCNews.ca is carrying today's afternoon committee meeting live starting at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Members of Parliament will hear from witnesses for a third day of consultation meetings in Ottawa ahead of the federalbudget expected in March.

CBCNews.ca is carrying today's afternoon meetinglive starting at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Here are the individuals scheduled to appear before the committee on Thursday:

From 11a.m. to Noon:

  • Perry Eisenschmid, chief executive officer withtheCanadian Pharmacists Association.
  • Nancy Dziel, executive director for CNETE (Centre national enlectrochimieet en technologiesenvironnementales).
  • Denise Amyot, Colleges and Institutes Canada president and chief executive officer.
  • Brendan Marshall, senior director of theMining Association of Canada.

From Noonto 1 p.m.

  • Evelyn Forget, professor at theUniversity of Manitoba.
  • Brian Kingston, Vice-President of theBusiness Council of Canada.

Appearing by videoconferencefromHalifax:

  • Jeannie Baldwin,Public Service Alliance of Canada.

Appearing by videoconferencefromCalgary.

  • Bonnie Johnston,Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre.


From3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.

  • Simon Brault, Canada Council for the Arts.
  • Mark Bain,Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships.
  • Jeff Morrison, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association.
  • Martin Lavoie, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters.
  • Matthew Calver, economist with theCentre for the Study of Living Standards.
  • Morna Ballantyne, Child CareAdvocacy Association of Canada.

From5p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET

  • Christopher Smillie, Canada's Building Trades Unions.
  • Christopher Ragan, Chair ofCanada'sEcofiscalCommission.
  • Aaron Wudrick, the federal director of theCanadian Taxpayers Federation.
  • Martha Durdin,Canadian Credit Union Association.
  • Sylviane Lanthier,Fdrationdescommunautsfrancophonesetacadiennedu Canada.
  • Raymond Louie, President of theFederation ofCanadian Municipalities.