Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Second Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1999-2000
Chairman: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBYWednesday, June 7, 2000
Issue No. 17
Twelfth meeting on: The state of the health care system in CanadaINCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE:
The developments since the tabling in June 1995 of the final report of the
Special Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide entitled, "Of
Life and Death"
WITNESSES:
From the Department of Finance:Guillaume Bissonnette, General Director, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch;
Barbara Anderson, Director, Federal-Provincial Relations Division, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael Kirby, ChairmanThe Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Banks, Beaudoin, * Boudreau, P.C. (or Hays), Callbeck, Carstairs, Cohen, Cook, Corbin, Ferretti Barth, Keon, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Robertson
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pépin (June 6, 2000).
The name of the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Gill (June 6, 2000).