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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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Wednesday, October 31, 2001

Issue No. 39

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

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (288K)

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WITNESSES:

As Individuals:

The Honourable Claude Forget;

The Honourable Claude Castonguay;

André-Pierre Contandriopoulos, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal.

From the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Québec:

Dr. Serge Boucher.

From the Conseil du patronat du Québec:

Mr. Gilles Taillon, President.

From the Canadian Chamber of Commerce:

Ms Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Mr. Michael N. Murphy, Senior Vice-President, Policy.

As Individuals:

Mr. Jean-Luc Migué;

Mr. Lee Soderstrom, Professor, Department of Economics, McGill University.

From the Montreal Economic Institute:

Mr. Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Executive Director;

Dr. Edwin Coffey, Retired Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, and Former President of the Quebec Medical Association.

From the Frosst Health Care Foundation:

Dr. Monique Camerlain, President of the Board of Directors;

Ms Janet Dunbrack, Executive Director.

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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.), Cook, Di Nino, Keon, Léger, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Maheu, 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 Léger substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (October 31, 2001).

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