Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable JOAN FRASER

Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Wednesday, June 8, 2005

Issue No. 20

First and second meetings on:

Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act and the Oceans Act

First meeting on:

Bill S-31, An Act to authorize the construction and maintenance of a bridge over the St. Lawrence River and a bridge over the Beauharnois Canal for the purpose of completing Highway 30

and

Forty-seventh meeting on:

The current state of Canadian media industries

INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-3)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Jean-C. Lapierre, P.C., M.P., Minister of Transport

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 (Bill C-3)

Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc.:

Suzanne Paquin, Vice-President, Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc. and President, Transport Nanuk Inc.;

Guy St-Julien, Special Advisor on Government Relations to the President, Makivik Corporation;

Francis Schiller, Government Affairs Advisor.

Wednesday, June 8, 2005

On Bill C-3:

Transport Canada:

Gerard A. McDonald, Director General, Marine Safety;

Mark A. M. Gauthier, Senior Counsel, Legal Services.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Senator Joan Fraser, Chair

The Honourable Senator David Tkachuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Adams, *Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Eggleton, P.C., Eyton, Hubley, Johnson, *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Mahovlich, Merchant, Munson, Nolin

*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 Nolin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Carney, P.C. (June 6, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., was added (June 7, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (June 7, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Adam substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Phalen (June 7, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsel (June 7, 2005).