Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001
Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBYMonday, June 11, 2001
Issue No. 20
Nineteenth meeting on: The state of the health care system in CanadaWITNESSES:
(By Video Conference)From the German Health Ministry:
Georg Baum, Director General, Head of Directorate, Health Care;
Dr. Margot Faelker, Deputy Director, Section Financial Issues of Statutory Health Insurance;
Dr. Rudolf Vollmer, Director General, Head of Directorate, Long-Term Nursing Care Insurance.
From the Department of Health -- Economic and Operational Research Division of the United Kingdom:
Clive Smee, Chief Economic Adviser.
From the University of Birmingham:
Professor Chris Ham, Director, Health Services Management Centre.
From the London School of Economics:
Professor Julian LeGrand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael Kirby, ChairThe Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Callbeck, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cohen, Cook, Cordy, Fairbairn, P.C., Graham, P.C., * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Pépin, Robertson, Roche
* 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 Cordy was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Morin (June 8, 2001).
The name of the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C.. was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool (June 8, 2001).
The name of the Honourable Senator Cook was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Milne (June 8, 2001).