BCAN Committee Meeting
Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.
For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
Publication Selector by Date
| March | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
|
8
|
9
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
|
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
||||
| April | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|||
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
|
19
|
20
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
|
26
|
27
|
29
|
30
|
|||
| May | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|
1
|
2
|
|||||
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
|
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
|
24
|
25
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|
|
31
|
||||||
| June | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
|
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
||||
| July | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|||
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
| August | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|
1
|
||||||
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
|
30
|
31
|
|||||
| September | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
||
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|||
THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE EXERCISE OF POWERS UNDER THE BUILDING CANADA ACT
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Tuesday, April 28, 2026
(4)
[English]
Pursuant to the order of the Senate of Tuesday, December 2, 2025, and the order of the House of Commons of Thursday, November 20, 2025, the Special Joint Committee on the Exercise of Powers Under the Building Canada Act met this day in room 035-B, West Block, at 6:33 p.m., the joint chairs, the Honourable Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Dean Allison, presiding.
Representing the Senate: The Honourable Senators Carignan, P.C., Hébert, LaBoucane-Benson, Quinn and White (5).
Representing the House of Commons: Dean Allison, Carol Anstey, the Honourable Rachel Bendayan, P.C., the Honourable Kody Blois, P.C., Patrick Bonin, Sukh Dhaliwal, Aaron Gunn, Gabriel Hardy, Corey Hogan, Tim Louis and Shannon Stubbs (11).
Other members of the House of Commons present: The Honourable Terry Beech (1).
Participating in the meeting: Stephanie Feldman and Marie Dumont, Analysts, Library of Parliament.
The committee began its review of the Governor in Council’s and the Minister’s exercise of their powers and performance of their duties and functions under the Building Canada Act.
APPEARING:
The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, P.C., M.P., Minister of Internal Trade.
WITNESSES:
Major Projects Office:
Dawn Farrell, Chief Executive Officer;
Louise Baird, Vice President, Strategic Policy and Coordination;
Peter Feldberg, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs (by videoconference);
Rob Van Walleghem, General Counsel and Vice President, Indigenous Affairs (by videoconference).
The minister made a statement and, together with Dawn Farrel and Louise Baird, answered questions.
At 8:01 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 8:05 p.m., the committee resumed.
Dawn Farrell, Louise Baird and Rob Van Walleghem answered questions.
The committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to committee business.
Mr. Allison moved:
That the joint clerks of the committee be authorized to make the necessary arrangements to provide working meals for the committee and its subcommittees.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
At 9:25 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chairs.
ATTEST:
Ferda Simpson
Ariane Calvert
Joint Clerks of the Committee