MPs on 3rd day of pre-budget consultation hearings

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.