Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and
Technology
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Issue No. 13
Tenth and eleventh meetings on:
Mental health and mental illness
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 20, 2005 (232K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 21, 2005 (122K)
WITNESSES:
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia:
Terry Bogyo, Director of Corporate Planning.
Canadian Medical Association:
Dr. Albert Schumacher, President;
Dr. Isra Lévy, Chief Medical Officer and Director, Office for Public Health
Canadian Psychiatric Association:
Dr. Blake Woodside, President.
Canadian Paediatric Society:
Dr. Diane Sacks, Past President
Canadian Nurses Association:
Christine Davis, President, Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses.
Canadian Mental Health Association:
Penelope Marrett, Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Psychological Association:
John Arnett, President.
Health Canada:
Ian Potter, Assistant Deputy Minister, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch;
Kathryn Langlois, Director General, Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Branch.
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Social Development Canada
Cecilia Muir, Director General, Office of Disability Issues;
Georges Grujic, Director, Programs, Office of Disability Issues.
Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health:
Phil Upshall, National Executive Director;
Dr. John Service, Chair.
National Aboriginal Health Organization:
Bernice Downey, Executive Director.
Health Department, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami:
Larry Gordon, Chairman, National Inuit Committee on Health.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chair
The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Callbeck, Cochrane, Cook, Cordy, Fairbairn, P.C., Gill, Johnson, LeBreton, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Pépin, Trenholme Counsell
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to the rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Chaput was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Gill (April 5, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Gill was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (April 12, 2005).