Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Proceedings of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs
Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996-97
Chairman: The Honourable ORVILLE H. PHILLIPS
Wednesday, January 22, 1997
Thursday, January 23, 1997
Tuesday,
April 15, 1997
Monday, April 21, 1997
Issue No. 2
Second, third, fourth and fifth (last) meetings on: The implementation by the Department of Veterans Affairs of measures to expedite the adjudication of pensions; and
First and second (last) meetings on: Bill C-300, An Act respecting the establishment and award of a Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal for Canadians who have served with an international peacekeeping mission.
WITNESSES:
Wednesday, January 22, 1997
Morning Sitting:
From the Department of Veterans Affairs:
Mr. David Nicholson, Deputy Minister;
Mr. Dennis Wallace, Assistant Deputy Minister, Veterans Services;
Ms Doris Boulet, Director General, Benefits;
Mr. Del Carrothers, Deputy Director General, Portfolio Executive Services;
Mr. Robert Bentley, Director, Pensions and Operation Services, Benefits Division;
Ms Bunty Albert, Acting Director, Legislation and Policy, Benefits Division;
Mr. Simon Coakeley, Chief Pensions Advocate, Bureau of Pensions Advocates;
Ms Brenda MacCormack, Adjudication Manager, Pension Services, Benefits Division;
Mr. Bernard Butler, Legal Counsel, Resource Centre, Benefits Division.
Afternoon Sitting:
From the Department of Veterans Affairs:
Mr. Brian Chambers, Chair, Veterans Review and Appeal Board;
Mr. Dennis Wallace, Assistant Deputy Minister, Veterans Services;
Mr. Robert Bentley, Director of Pensions Services;
Ms Leslie MacLean, Acting Executive Director, Veterans Review and Appeal Board;
Ms Karen Rowell, Chief of Operations, Veterans Review and Appeal Board.
Thursday, January 23, 1997
From the Department of Veterans Affairs:
David Nicholson, Deputy Minister;
Dennis Wallace, Assistant Deputy Minister, Veterans Services;
Brian Chambers, Chair, Veterans Review and Appeal Board;
Doris Boulet, Director General, Benefits;
Darragh Mogan, Director General, Health Care;
Del Carrothers, Deputy Director General, Portfolio Executive Services.
Simon Coakeley, Chief Pensions Advocate, Bureau of Pensions Advocates;
Bernard Butler, Legal Advisor, Resource Centre.
Monday, April 21, 1997
For Bill C-300:
From the National Council of Veteran Associations in Canada:
Ms Faye Lavell, Director, National Service Bureau.
From Government House:
Lieutenant General J.C. Gervais, Deputy Secretary of the Chancellery.
From the Department of National Defence:
M/Gen. Roméo Dallaire, Chief of Staff to Assistant Deputy Minister (Personnel);
Maj B. Brown, Directorate History & Heritage, Honours and Medals.
MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
The Honourable Orville H. Phillips, Chairman
The Honourable M. Lorne Bonnell, Deputy Chairman
and
The Honourable Senators:
Cools, *Fairbairn, P.C. (or Graham), Jessiman, Losier-Cool, *Lynch-Staunton (or Berntson), Perrault, P.C.
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 3)
Change in membership of the subcommittee:
Pursuant to Rule 85(4), membership of the subcommittee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Jessiman substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cohen (April 15, 1997).