Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98

Chairman: The Honourable LISE BACON

Tuesday, June 9, 1998

Issue No. 19

First and only meeting on: Examination of Bill C-15, Canada Shipping Act

INCLUDING: THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-15) AND THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Transportation Safety and Security in Canada)

APPEARING:

The Honourable David Collenette, M.P., P.C., Minister of Transport

WITNESSES:

From Transport Canada:

Ron Jackson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security;

Bud Streeter, Director General, Marine Safety;

Mark Gauthier, Senior Counsel, Legal Services.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lise Bacon, Chairman

The Honourable J. Michael Forrestall, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Adams, Buchanan, P.C., Butts, Fitzpatrick, * Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Johnson, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella (acting)), Mercier, Perrault, P.C., Poulin, Roberge, Spivak

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

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

The name of the Honourable Senator Butts substituted for that of the Honourable Senator De Bané (June 9, 1998).