Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable LISE BACON

Wednesday, June 6, 2001

Issue No. 10

First meeting on:
The authorization to hear the Minister of Transport in order to receive a briefing on busing regulations

and

First meeting on: Bill C-14, An Act respecting shipping and navigation and to amend the Shipping Conference Exemption Act, 1987 and other Acts

APPEARING:

The Honourable David Collenette, P.C., M.P., Minister of Transport

WITNESSES:

On Busing Regulations:

Officials from Transport Canada:

Guylaine Roy, Director General, Surface Transportation Policy;

Émile Di Sanza, Executive Director, Canada Transportation Act Review.

On Bill C-14:

Officials from Transport Canada:

Bud Streeter, Director General, Marine Safety;

Mark Gauthier, Senior Counsel, Legal Services;

Jerry Rysanek, Director, International Marine Policy and Liability;

Louis Gautier, Counsel, Legal Services.

Officials from Fisheries and Oceans Canada:

Steve Troy, Director, Safety and Environmental Systems;

Aziz Saheb-Ettaba, Counsel, Legal Services.

Officials from Environment Canada:

Morrie Kinshenblatt, Acting Head, Off-Road Regulation Section;

Dan Blasioli, Legal Counsel, Legal Services.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lise Bacon, Chair

The Honourable J. Michael Forrestall, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Eyton, Fairbairn, P.C., Finestone, P.C., Gill, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Morin, Sparrow, Spivak, Taylor

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Christensen (May 31, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Taylor was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Adams (June 6, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Sparrow was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C. (June 6, 2001).