Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on Aging
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006
Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS, P.C.
Monday, December 4, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Issue No. 2
Second and third meetings on:
Special study on aging
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, December 4, 2006 (107K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, December 11, 2006 (121K)
WITNESSES:
Monday, December 4, 2006
Human Resources and Social Development Canada:
Peter Hicks, Executive Director, Strategic Analysis, Audit and Evaluation.
John Connolly, Acting Director General, Partnerships Division, Community Development and Partnerships Directorate;
Marla Israel, Director, International Policy and Agreements, Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat;
John Rath-Wilson, Director General, Operations and Processing.
Public Health Agency of Canada:
Margaret Gillis, Director, Division of Aging and Seniors, Centre for Healthy Human Development.
Health Canada, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch:
Leslie MacLean, Director General, Non-Insured Health Benefits;
Shelagh Jane Woods, Director General, Primary Health Care and Public Health Directorate.
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada:
Havelin Anand, Director General, Social Policy and Programs Branch.
Veterans Affairs Canada:
Bryson Guptill, Director General, Program and Service Policy Division.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation:
Douglas Stewart, Vice President, Policy Planning.
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat:
Dan Danagher, Executive Director, Labour Relations and Compensation Operations.
Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada:
Cecilia Muir, Director General, Public Service Renewal and Diversity.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Canada's Association for the Fifty-plus, CARP:
Judy Cutler, Director of Government Relations;
Taylor Alexander, Consultant in Aging Policy and Continuing Care.
The Royal Canadian Legion:
Jack Frost, Dominion President;
Pierre Allard, Director, Service Bureau.
International Federation on Ageing:
Jane Barratt, Secretary General.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research:
Anne Martin-Matthews, Scientific Director, Institute on Aging.
Canadian Association on Gerontology:
Sandra P. Hirst, President.
National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly:
Lynn McDonald, Scientific Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Wilbert J. Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Chaput, Cordy, Johnson, *Hays (or Fraser), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mercer, Murray, P.C.
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 3)