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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006

Chair: The Honourable TOMMY BANKS

Thursday, December 7, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006

Issue No. 10

Fourth meeting on:
Emerging issues related to the mandate of the committee

and

Second meeting on:
Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (clean drinking water)

INCLUDING:
THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Budget on Special Study 2006-07)

APPEARING:

Thursday, December 7, 2006

The Honourable Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P., Minister of the Environment.

WITNESSES:

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Environment Canada:

James Riordan, Executive Director, National Office of Pollution Prevention;

France Jacovella, Director, Chemicals Sector Division;

Gord Owen, Director General, Clean Air Directorate.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Health Canada:

John Cooper, Director, Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch.

Justice Canada:

Elin O'Shea, Counsel, Constitutional and Administrative Law Section.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Tommy Banks, Chair

The Honourable Ethel Cochrane, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Adams, Angus, Grafstein, *Hays (or Fraser), Kenny, Lavigne, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Milne, Nancy Ruth, Sibbeston, Spivak, Tardif

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Carney, P.C. (December 7, 2006).

The name of the Honourable Senator Grafstein substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Banks (December 13, 2006).