Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament 2001-02
Chair: The Honourable E. LEO KOLBER
Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Issue No. 31
Third meeting on: Bill C-23, An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Competition Tribunal Act
WITNESSES:
From the Canadian Chamber of Commerce:
Ms Susan Hutton, Stikeman Elliott, Member, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Competition Law & Policy Task Force;
Mr. Matthew Ivis, Analyst, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Council for International Business.
From the Canadian Federation of Independent Business:
Mr. Garth Whyte, Senior Vice-President, National Affairs;
Mr. André Piché, Senior Policy Analyst, National Affairs, Ottawa.
As an individual:
Mr. Stanley Wong, Davis & Company.
From Democracy Watch:
Mr. Duff Conacher, Coordinator.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, Chair
The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Eyton, Fitzpatrick, Furey, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kelleher, P.C., Kroft, *Lynch-Staunton (or, Kinsella), Meighen, Oliver, Poulin, Setlakwe
*Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Changes of membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Oliver substituted of that of the Honourable Senator Gustafson (March 6, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Eyton substituted of that of the Honourable Senator Bolduc (March 4, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Poulin substituted of that of the Honourable Senator Banks (February 25, 2002).
The name of the Honourable Senator Furey substituted of that of the Honourable Senator Gill (February 25, 2002).