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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996

Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS

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Thursday, April 25, 1996

Issue No. 7

Fifth Proceedings on: Examination of Bill C-8, An Act respecting the control of certain drugs, their precursors and other substances and to amend certain other Acts and repeal the Narcotic Control Act in consequence thereof.

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (113K)

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WITNESSES:

For Bill C-8:

From the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy:

Glenn A. Gilmour, Barrister & Solicitor.

From the Department of Health:

Bruce Rowsell, Director, Bureau of Drug Surveillance.

From the Department of Justice:

Paul Saint-Denis, Senior Counsel;

Gérard Normand, Counsel.

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MEMBERS OF THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Senator Sharon Carstairs, Chair

The Honourable Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, Deputy Chairman

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The Honourable Senators:

Beaudoin, Bryden, Doyle, * Fairbairn, P.C. (or Graham), Gigantès, Jessiman, Kinsella, Lewis, Losier-Cool, * Lynch-Staunton (or Berntson), Milne, Pearson

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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