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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY

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Thursday, May 31, 2001

Issue No. 17

Fifteenth meeting on: The state of the health care system in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (84K)

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WITNESSES:

From Health Canada:

Dr. John Wooton, Special Advisor on Rural Health, Population and Public Health Branch.

From the Canadian Medical Association:

William Tholl, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer.

From the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada:

Dr. Peter-Hutten-Czapski, President.

From the Consortium for Rural Health Research:

Dr Judith Kulig.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chair

The Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cohen, Cook, Fairbairn, P.C., Graham, P.C., * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Morin, Pépin, Robertson, Roche

* 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 LeBreton substituted for that of the Honourable Senator DeWare (May 30, 2001).

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