Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Human Rights
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Issue No. 19
Twentieth and twenty-first meetings on:
The rights and freedoms of children
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Morning meeting (138K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - Afternoon meeting (90K)
WITNESSES:
Morning Meeting
Office of the Ombudsman of Nova Scotia:
Christine Brennan, Supervisor of Youth and Senior Services;
Sonia Ferrara, Ombudsman Representative of Youth and Senior Services.
Dalhousie Law School:
Professor Wayne MacKay.
IWK Health Centre:
Dr. Douglas McMillan, Professor of Pediatrics;
Jane Mealey, Vice-President, Children's Health;
Anne Cogdon, Director for Primary Health;
Dr. Ryan Thompson, MHSA Resident.
Afternoon Meeting
Child Care Connections Nova Scotia:
Elaine Ferguson, Executive Director.
Government of Nova Scotia
Family and Children's Services:
George Savoury, Senior Director.
Department of Education:
Ann Power, Director, Student Services Division;
Don Glover, Consultant, Student Services Division.
Department of Justice:
Fred Honsberger, Executive Director, Correctional Services.
Department of Health:
Linda Smith, Executive Director, Mental Health, Child Health and Addiction Treatment Services.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Chair
The Honourable Landon Pearson, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Baker, P.C., Carstairs, P.C., Ferretti Barth, *Kinsella (or Stratton), LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Oliver, Poy
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)