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Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs

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Standing Senate Committee on Defence and Security
Proceedings of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs

First Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001-02

Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL A. MEIGHEN

Monday, February 11, 2002
Thursday, March 7, 2002

Issue No. 4

Fifth, sixth and seventh meetings on:
The health care provided to veterans of war and of peacekeeping missions; the implementation of the recommendations made in its previous reports on such matters; and the terms of service, post-discharge benefits and health care of members of the regular and reserve forces as well as members of the RCMP and of civilians who have served in close support of uniformed peacekeepers

WITNESSES:

Morning sitting:

From the Department of Veterans Affairs Canada:

Larry Murray, Deputy Minister;

Brian Ferguson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Veterans Services;

Bernard Butler, Director, Disability Pension Operations, Veterans Services;

Janice Burke, Acting Director, Disability Pension Adjudication.

From Veterans Review and Appeal Board:

Brian Chambers, Chair;

Dale Sharkey, Executive Director;

Jean Dixon, Director, Legal Services.

Afternoon sitting:

From the Department of Veterans Affairs Canada:

Mr. Larry Murray, Deputy Minister;

Mr. Brian Ferguson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Veterans Services;

Mr. Darragh Mogan, Director General, Program and Service Policy Division, Veterans Services;

Ms Sue LeMaistre, Acting Manager, VAC-CF Project;

Mr. John Walker, Director, Residential Care;

Ms Debbie Gallant, Deputy Project Leader, Continuum of Service Project;

Mr. J. André Smith, Director General, Canadian Battlefield Memorials Restoration Project;

Mr. Bryson Guptill, Director, Program Policy.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Michael A. Meighen, Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Atkins, *Carstairs, P.C., (or Robichaud, P.C.), Day, Kenny, *Lynch-Staunton, (or Kinsella), Wiebe

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 3)

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 Atkins substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Forrestall (December 5, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Wiebe (February 8, 2002).

The name of the Honourable Senator Cordy substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Day (February 8, 2002).

The name of the Honourable Senator Wiebe substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Banks (February 13, 2002).

The name of the Honourable Senator Day substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (February 13, 2002).

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