Chief Financial Officer Branch

Comptroller's Directorate

Witnesses: From Health Canada: Denis Gauthier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Information, Analysis and Connectivity Branch; Jerry Lee, Director, Infostructure Systems Management Division, Information, Analysis and Connectivity Branch; Mimi Breton, Executive Director, Hepatitis C Division, Health Promotion and Programs Branch; Catherine Stewart, Director, Policy Development and Coordination Division, Health Promotion and Programs Branch; David Fransen, Director general, Population Health Directorate, Health Promotion and Programs Branch; Janet Davies, Director, Strategies and Systems for Health Directorate, Health Promotion and Programs ...[+++] Branch; Joel Weiner, A/Director General, Policy, Planning and Coordination Directorate, Health Protection Branch; Dr. Moe Hussain, A/Director, Branch Planning Bureau, Health Protection Branch; Gérard Séguin, Director, Financial Services, Health Protection Branch; Margaret Hassock, A/Director, Financial Services, Administration Program, Departmental Planning and Financial Administration Corporate Services Branch; Janice L. Pound, Acting Manager, Office of Strategic Planning, Communications and Quality, Therapeutic Products Programme; Paul R. Mayers, Acting Director, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Protection Branch; Greg Hunter, Director, Information Resource Management Division; Hervé Leblanc, Director, Health Canada.

6. Any clause of a contract entered into between a public-interest entity and a third party restricting the choice by the general meeting of shareholders or members of that entity, as referred to in Article 37 of Directive 2006/43/EC to certain categories or lists of statutory auditors or audit firms, as regards the appointment of a particular statutory auditor or audit firm to carry out the statutory audit of that entity shall be null and void.

The public-interest entity shall inform the competent authorities referred to in Article 20 directly and without delay of any attempt by a third party to impose such a contractual clause or to otherwise improperly influence the decision of the general meeting of shareholders or members on the selection of a statutory auditor or an audit firm.

Then comes Chantale Cousineau-Mahoney, who is the chief financial officer of Health Canada; and Luc Ladouceur is the chief financial officer of the Public Health Agency of Canada.