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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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Friday, October 19, 2001

Issue No. 34

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

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (125K)

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WITNESSES:

From the Canadian Medical Association:

Dr. Peter Barrett, Past President;

Dr. Arun Garg, Chair, Council on Health Policy and Economics.

From the British Columbia Medical Association:

Dr. Heidi Oetter, President;

Darrell Thomson, Director, Economics and Policy Analysis.

From the University of British Columbia, Anxiety Disorders Unit, Department of Psychiatry:

Dr. Peter D. McLean, Professor and Director.

From the Maples Surgical Centre (Manitoba)

Dr. Mark Godley.

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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., Keon, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Morin, Pépin, Robertson, Roche.

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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