Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and
Technology
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006
Chair: The Honourable ART EGGLETON, P.C.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Issue No. 6
First meeting on:
Bill C-5, An Act respecting the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada and amending certain acts
APPEARING:
Steven Fletcher, M.P.,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
WITNESSES:
Public Health Agency of Canada:
Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer;
Jane Allain, General Counsel, Legal Services.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Callbeck, Champagne, P.C., Cochrane, Cook, Cordy, Cowan, Fairbairn, P.C., *Hays (or Fraser), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Pépin, Nancy Ruth, Trenholme Counsell
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change 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 Pépin was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Gill (October 10, 2006).
The name of the Honourable Senator Carstairs was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kirby (October 10, 2006).
The name of the Honourable Senator Cowan was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Carstairs (October 19, 2006).