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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

Second Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable E. LEO KOLBER

Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Thursday, May 15, 2003

Issue No. 20

Fourth and fifth meetings on: The examination on the administration and operation of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act

WITNESSES:

May 14 meeting

From the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations:

Mr. Rob South, Government Relations Officer.

From the Canadian Federation of Students:

Mr. Michael Conlon, Director of Research.

From Advocis:

Mr. Steve Howard, CA, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Mr. Edward Rothberg, General Counsel.

From the Consumers' Union:

Ms. Hélène Talbot, Budget Consultant, ACEF-North of Montreal;

Mr. Luc Rochefort, Analyst, Policy and legislation in personal budgeting, credit and debts.

From Omega-One Ltd.:

Mr. Bob Gilmour, Manager, Asset Recovery, Sears Canada Inc.;

Mr. John D. Owen, Principal.

From A.C. Poirier & Associates:

Mr. Paul A. Stehelin, Trustee in Bankruptcy.

As an individual:

Ms. Viola Doucet.

May 15 meeting

From the Workers' Compensation Boards:

Mr. John Solomon, Chair, Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board;

Mr. Jim Lee, Chair, P.E.I. Workers' Compensation Board;

Mr. Douglas Mah, General Counsel, Alberta Workers' Compensation Board;

Mr. Maurice Cloutier, General Counsel, Quebec Commission of Occupational and Health and Safety.

From the Writers' Union of Canada:

Mr. Marian Dingman Hebb, Counsel;

Ms. Deborah Windsor, Executive Director.

MEMBERS OFTHE COMMITTEE

The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, Chair

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Angus, Biron, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Fitzpatrick, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Kelleher, P.C., Kroft, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Moore, Oliver, Prud'homme, P.C., Setlakwe

*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 Biron substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Merchant (May 15, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Angus substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Meighen (May 14, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Merchant substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Biron (May 13, 2003).