Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001
Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBYWednesday, November 7, 2001
Issue No. 43
Thirty-sixth meeting on: The state of the health care system in CanadaAPPEARING:
The Honourable Jamie Ballem, M.L.A., Minister of Health and Social Services, Prince Edward IslandWITNESSES:
From the P.E.I. Seniors Advisory Council:Ms Heather Henry-MacDonald, Chair.
From the Canadian Union of Public Employees, P.E.I. Division:
Mr. Bill A. McKinnon, National Representative;
Ms Donalda MacDonald, President;
Mr. Raymond Léger, Research Representative.
From the Department of Health and Social Services, P.E.I.:
Ms Mary Hughes-Power, Director of Acute and Continuing Care;
Ms Deborah Bradley, Manager of Public Health Policy;
Dr. Don Ling, Director of Medical Services;
Mr. Rory Francis, Deputy Minister;
Mr. Bill Harper, Assistant Deputy Minister;
Mr. Jean Doherty, Communications Coordinator;
Ms Susan Maynard, Senior Health Planner;
Ms Kathleen Flanagan-Rochon, Community Services Coordinator.
From the College of Family Physicians of Canada:
Dr. Peter MacKean, Chairman of the Board.
From the Queen Elizabeth Hospital:
Mr. Iain Smith, Drug Utilization Coordinator.
From the P.E.I. Pharmacy Board:
Ms Neila Auld, Executive Director.
From the Queen's Regional Health Authority:
Ms Sylvia Poirier, Chair.
From the West Prince Regional Health Authority:
Mr. Ken Ezeard, Chief Executive Officer.
From Southern King's Health Authority:
Ms Betty Fraser, Chief Executive Officer.
From the Evangeline Community Health Centre:
Ms Elise Arsenault, Coordinator .
From the East Prince Regional Health Authority:
Mr. David Riley, Chief Executive Officer.
From Dalhousie University:
Dr. Stan Kutcher, Head, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology/ Psychiatry.
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)