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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chairman: The Honourable E. LEO KOLBER

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Thursday, March 29, 2001

Issue No. 7

Third meeting on: Bill S-17, An Act to amend the Patent Act

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (70K)
• Appendix

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WITNESSES:

From the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan:

Mr. Randy McGlynn, Chief Executive Officer

From Health Canada:

Mr. David K. Lee, Patent Officer -- Legal, Therapeutic Products Division;

Ms Anne Bowes, Patent Officer -- Science, Therapeutic Products Division;

Ms Barbara Ouellet, Director, Homecare and Pharmaceuticals.

From Industry Canada:

Mr. Robert Main, Acting Director General;

Ms Susan Bincoletto, Director, Special Projects;

M. Rob Sutherland-Brown, Senior Counsel;

Mr. Douglas Clark, Policy Analyst.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, Chairman

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Angus, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Furey, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kelleher P.C., Kolber, Kroft, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Meighen, Oliver, Poulin, Setlakwe, Wiebe

* 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 names of the Honourable Senators Setlakwe, Hervieux-Payette, Poulin, Kroft and Wiebe were substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Christensen, Robichaud, Callbeck, Cordy and Banks (March 29, 2001).

The names of the Honourable Senators Lynch-Staunton, Cordy, Callbeck, Robichaud and Christensen were substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Tkachuk, Kroft, Poulin, Hervieux-Payette and Setlakwe (March 29, 2001).

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