Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs

Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996-1997

Chairman: The Honourable ORVILLE H. PHILLIPS

Wednesday, December 11, 1996
Monday, January 20, 1997

Issue No. 1

Organization Meeting and First Meeting on: The Implementation by the Department of Veterans Affairs of measures to expedite the adjudication of pensions

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings for December 11, 1996 (10K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings for January 20, 1996 (139K)

WITNESSES:

Monday, January 20, 1997:

From the Royal Canadian Legion:

Ralph Annis, Chairman, Veterans Service Committee;

Jim Rycroft, Director, Service Bureau;

Ted Keast, Assistant Director, Service Bureau.

From the National Council of Veteran Associations of Canada:

Brian Forbes, Honorary Secretary General;

Faye Lavell, Director, National Service Bureau;

Danita Chisholm, Director of Communications.

MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE

The Honourable Orville H. Phillips, Chairman

The Honourable M. Lorne Bonnell, Vice-Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Cohen, Cools, *Fairbairn, P.C. (or Graham), *Lynch-Staunton (or Berntson), Perrault

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 3)