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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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Tuesday, October 16, 2001

Issue No. 31

Twenty-sixth meeting on: The state of the health care system in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (247K)

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WITNESSES:

From the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association:

June Blau, President.

From the Victorian Order of Nurses:

Bob Layne, Vice-President, Planning and Government Relations (Western Region);

Lois Clark, Executive Director, VON North Central Saskatchewan;

Brenda Smith, National Board Member (Saskatchewan).

From the Community Health Services (Saskatoon) Association:

Kathleen Storrie, Vice-President;

Ingrid Larson, Director, Member Relations.

As an Individual:

Dr. John Bury

From the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Saskatchewan:

Tom Graham, President, CUPE Saskatchewan;

Stephen Foley, President, Health Care Council;

John Welden, Health Care Coordinator, Health Care Council.

From the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce:

Dave Ductchak, President;

Kent Smith-Windsor, Executive Director;

Jodi Blackwell, Research and Operations Director.

From the Arthritis Society of Saskatchewan:

Sherry McKinnon, Executive Director;

Joy Tappin, Board Member.

From the Canadian Parks and Recreation:

Randy Goulden, Executive Director, Tourism Yorkton.

From the Métis National Council:

Gerald Morin, President;

Don Fidler, Director, Health Care.

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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.), Carney, P.C., Cook, Cordy, Fairbairn, P.C., * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Keon, Morin, Pépin, Robertson, Roche

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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