Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

Second Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable TOMMY BANKS

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 (in camera)
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Thursday, February 6, 2003

Issue No. 7

Future Business of the Committee
and
First and second (final) meetings on:

Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Nuclear Safety and Control Act

INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Budget for the Special Study on Emerging Issues)

AND

THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-4)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Herb Dhaliwal, P.C., M.P., Minister of Natural Resources

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, February 4, 2003:

From the Department of Natural Resources:

David McLellan, Acting Director General, Energy Resources Branch;

Duncan Cameron, General Counsel, Legal Services.

From the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission:

Mike Taylor, Executive Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs;

Irene V. Gendron, Senior Counsel, Justice Canada.

From the Canadian Nuclear Association:

Al Shpyth, Director of Regulatory and Environmental Affairs.

Thursday, February 6, 2003:

From Cameco Corporation:

Rita Mirwald, Senior Vice-President, Human Resources and Corporate Relations;

Al Shpyth, Director of Government Relations.

From Bruce Power:

Duncan Hawthorne, Chief Executive Officer.

From the Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout:

Shawn Patrick Stensil, National Coordinator.

From the Sierra Club of Canada:

Elizabeth May, Executive Director.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Tommy Banks, Chair

The Honourable Mira Spivak, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Baker, P.C., Buchanan, P.C., *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Christensen, Cochrane, Eyton, Finnerty, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Mahovlich, Merchant, Milne, Watt

*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 Lynch-Staunton for that of the Honourable Senator Buchanan (February 4, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cochrane (February 4, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Morin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Baker (February 4, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Baker substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Morin (February 5, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Merchant was added (February 5, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kenny (February 6, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Cochrane substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton (February 6, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Buchanan substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (February 6, 2003).

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