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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996-97

Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS

Thursday, April 3, 1997

Issue No. 54

Sixth and Seventh meetings 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

WITNESSES:

On Bill C-71

Morning sitting:

From the Atlantic Federation of Musicians:

Mr. Peter J. Power, President.

From the 25th St. Theatre Centre Inc.:

Ms Karen Planden, General Manager.

From the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario Inc.:

Mr. Robert Gagné, Administrator.

From the Canadian Conference of the Arts:

Mr. Keith Kelly, National Director.

From the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors:

Mr. Michel Nadeau, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Member Services.

From the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers:

Mr. John Scott, President.

From the Canadian Coalition for Responsible Tobacco Retailing -- Operation I.D.:

Mr. Peter K. Flach, Chairman.

From the Regroupement des exploitants de distributrices automatiques de cigarettes (REDAC):

Mr. Pierre Patenaude, President;

Mr. Raymond Laporte, President, Legislative Follow-Up Committee.

Afternoon sitting:

From the Canadian Tennis Association:

Mr. Richard Legendre, Director, Tennis Canada (Montreal),

From Molstar Sports & Entertainment:

Mr. Brent Scrimshaw, President;

Mr. Rick Dearden, Legal Counsel.

From the Grand Prix Player's Ltée de Trois-Rivières.

Mr. Léon Méthot, Chairman and General Manager.

From the Canadian Institute of Child Health:

Ms Jenny Tipper, Research Coordonator

From the Canadian Medical Association:

Dr. Judith Kazimirski, President.

From the Canadian Cancer Society:

Mr. Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst.

From Action on Smoking and Health:

Mr. Les Hagen, Executive Director.

From the Coalition québécoise pour le contrôle du tabac:

M. Louis Gauvin, Coordinator.

From the Non-smokers' Rights Association:

Mr. Eric LeGresley, Legal Counsel.

Professor Ruth Sullivan, Law Faculty, University of Ottawa.

Professor Liora Salter, Law Faculty, Osgoode Hall Law School.

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, Jessiman, Kenny, Lewis, Losier-Cool, *Lynch-Staunton (or Berntson), Maheu, Milne, Pearson

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change to membership of the committee:

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

The name of the Honourable Senator Maheu was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Anderson (April 3, 1997).

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