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

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable TOMMY BANKS

Thursday, June 16, 2005
Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Issue No. 16

First meeting on:

Bill S-36, An Act to amend the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act

First meeting on:

Bill S-12, An Act concerning personal watercraft in navigable waters

INCLUDING:
THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-36)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Larry Bagnell, P.C., M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources

WITNESSES:

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Natural Resources Canada:

Louis Perron, Senior Policy Advisor, Minerals and Metals Sector;

Shari Buchanan, Counsel, Legal Services;

Bob Lomas, Director, Special Projects Division, Minerals and Metals Sector.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Transport Canada:

John Forster, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security;

Daniel Haché, Acting Manager, Office of Boating Safety;

Victor M. Santos-Pedro, Director, Design, Equipment & Boating Safety.

As a panel:

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP):

Fernando Garcia, Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs;

Michel Marcouiller, Director of Communications and Public Affairs.

Canadian Marine Manufacturers Association:

J.A. (Sandy) Currie, Executive Director.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Tommy Banks, Chair

The Honourable Ethel Cochrane, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Adams, Angus, *Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Buchanan, P.C., Christensen, Gustafson, Finnerty, Kenny, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Lavigne, Milne, Spivak

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

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 Di Nino substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cochrane (June 15, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fraser substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Milne (June 15, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Peterson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Christensen (June 15, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Cochrane substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Di Nino (June 16, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Milne substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fraser (June 16, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Christensen substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Peterson (June 16, 2005).