Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996-97
Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS
Wednesday, April 2, 1997
Issue No. 53
Third 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
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Morning Sitting (206K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Afternoon Sitting (153K)
WITNESSES:
Morning sitting:
From the Office des producteurs de tabac jaune du Québec:
Mr. Germain Ducharme, President.
From Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.:
Mr. Michel Gadbois, President and Director General, Association des détaillants en alimentation du Québec.
Professor Wayne Renke, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta.
From the Alliance For Sponsorship Freedom:
M. Max Beck, General Manager, Ontario Place;
Mr. Michel Létourneau, General Manager, Festival d'été de Québec.
From the Artists For Tobacco-Free Sponsorship:
Mr. Andrew Cash, Rock Musician and Juno Award-winning songwriter;
Dr. Alain Poirier, Host of two Radio-Canada Television programs.
From International Management Group, Toronto, Ontario;
Mr. Michael Merrall, Managing Director, Vice-President, Event Marketing.
From the Coalition for Commercial Freedom of Speech:
Mr Rupert T.R. Brendon, pro tempore Chairman;
Mr. R.S. Engle, Legal Counsel.
From Flashmédia Inc.:
Mr. Nicolas Pénisson, President.
From Eddy Match Company Limited:
Mr. David C. Pigott, President and Chief Executive Officer.
From the Outdoor Advertising Association of Canada:
Mr. Peter M. Gallop, Chairman and CEO, Gallop & Gallop Advertising Inc.
Afternoon sitting:
From the Office des congrès et du Tourisme du Grand Montréal:
The Honourable Charles Lapointe, P.C., President, Director General.
From Tourism Toronto:
Mr. Kirk Shearer, President, Chief Executive Officer.
From the Vancouver Fireworks Society:
Mr. Raymond Greenwood, Chairman.
From the City of Montreal:
Mr. Pierre Bourque, Mayor.
Dr. John Luik.
Dr. Robert Allan, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia.
Professor Pierre Fortin, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Quebec at Montreal.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, Chair
The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin, Deputy Chairman
and
The Honourable Senators:
Anderson, Beaudoin, Doyle, *Fairbairn, P.C. (or Graham), Ghitter, Jessiman, Kenny, Lewis, Losier-Cool, *Lynch-Staunton, Milne, Pearson
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)