Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996-97

Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS

Wednesday, March 19, 1997

Issue No. 50

First meeting on: Examination of Bill C-71, An Act to regulate the manufacture, sale, labelling and promotion of tobacco products, to make consequential amendments to another Act and to repeal certain Acts

APPEARING:

The Hon. David Dingwall, M.P., P.C., Minister of Health.

WITNESSES:

From Health Canada:

Mr. Chris McNaught, Counsel, Legal Services;

Mr. André Juneau, Assistant-Deputy Minister, Policy and Consultation Branch;

Ms Judy Ferguson, Director General, Health Policy and Information Directorate.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, Chair

The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

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

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes to the Membership of the Committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows: