Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001
Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBYTuesday, November 6, 2001
Issue No. 42
Thirty-fifth meeting on: The state of the health care system in Canada.WITNESSES:
From the Canadian Auto Workers-Canada (CAW):Cecil Snow, President, Nova Scotia Health Care Council.
From the Nova Scotia Association of Health Organizations:
Robert Cook, President and Chief Executive Officer.
From the Insurance Bureau of Canada:
George Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Paul Kovacs, Senior Vice-President Policy and Chief Economist.
From the Canadian Coalition Against Insurance Fraud:
Mary Lou O'Reilly, Executive Director.
From the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies:
Dr. David Zitner, Fellow on Health Policy.
From Dalhousie University:
Dr. Nuala Kenny, Professor of Pediatrics and Chair, Department of Bioethics;
Dr. Vivek Kusumakar, Head, Mood Disorders Research Group, Department of Psychiatry;
Lawrence Nestman, Professor, School of Health Services Administration, Faculty of Health Professions;
Thomas Rathwell, Professor and Director, School of Health Services Administration, Faculty of Health Professions;
From Dalhousie University:
Dr. Desmond Leddin, Head, Division of Gastroenterology;
Dr. George Kephart, Director, Population Health Research Unit, Department of Community and Epidemiology;
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine.
From the Nova Scotia Valley Caregivers Support Group:
Maxine Barrett.
From the Elizabeth May Chair in Women's Health and the Environment, Dalhousie University:
Sharon Batt, Chair.
From the Feminists for Just and Equitable Public Policy:
Georgia MacNeil, Chairperson.
From the Cape Breton Regional Health Care Complex:
John Malcolm, Chief Executive Officer;
Dr. Mahmood Naqvi, Medical Director, Cape Breton Regional Facility.
From the Capital District Health Authority:
Dr. John Ruedy, Vice-President, Academic Affairs.
From the Canadian Medical Association:
Dr. Henry Haddad, MD, President;
Bill Tholl, Secretary General;
Dr. Bruce Wright, President of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia;
Dr. Dana W. Hanson, President-Elect.
From the Cobequid Community Health Board:
Ryan Sommers.
From Health Canada:
Anne-Marie Léger, Policy Analyst.
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.), Cook, Cordy, Di Nino, Fairbairn, P.C., Keon, Léger, Morin, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Robertson, Roche
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)