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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 30, 2001

Issue No. 38

Thirty-first meeting on: The state of the health care system in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (280K)

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WITNESSES:

From the Canadian Institute for Health Information:

Michael Decter, Chairman, Board of Directors.

From the Ontario Hospital Association:

David MacKinnon, President and Chief Executive Officer.

From the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario:

Doris Grinspun, Executive Director.

From McMaster University, Department of Economics:

Jeremiah Hurley, Professor.

From the University of Toronto, Public Health Science Department:

Dr. Cameron Mustard, Professor.

From the University of Toronto:

Colleen Flood, Professor.

From the Drug Trading Company Limited:

Larry Latowsky, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Jane Farnharm, Vice-President, Pharmacy.

From the Canadian Pharmacists Association:

Ron Elliott, President.

From GlaxoSmithKline:

Geoffrey Mitchinson, Vice-President, Public Affairs.

From Medtronic:

Donald A. Hurley, President.

From the Canadian Association of Retired Persons:

Lillian Morgenthau, President and Co-founder;

Dr. Bill Gleberzon, Associate Executive Director.

From the Canadian Association for Community Living:

Cheryl Gulliver, President;

Connie Laurin-Bowie;

Margot Easton.

From the Roeher Institute:

Cameron Crawford, President.

As Individuals:

Clement Edwin Babb;

Robert S. W. Campbell.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chair

The Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Deputy Chair

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The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cook, Cordy, Di Nino, Keon, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Maheu, Morin, Pépin, Robertson, Roche.

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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