Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on Aging

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007

Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS, P.C.

Monday, November 19 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007

Issue No. 1

Organization meeting
and
First meeting on:

Special study on aging

INCLUDING:
THE FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Expenses of the committee incurred in the First Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• First Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, November 19, 2007 (16K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, November 26, 2007 (105K)

WITNESSES:

Monday, November 26, 2007

Human Resources and Social Development Canada:

Shawn Tupper, Director General, Social Policy Development;

Dominique La Salle, Director General, Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat;

Roman Habtu, Manager, OAS Benefits Policy.

Department of Finance Canada:

Frank Vermaeten, Director General, Assistant Deputy Minister's Office;

Krista Campbell, Senior Chief, Federal-Provincial Relations Division;

Andrew Staples, Acting Chief, Federal-Provincial Relations Division.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Chaput, Cordy, Cools, *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), Keon, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mercer, Stratton

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 3)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Stratton is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Comeau (November26, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Comeau is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Stratton (November23, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Stratton is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Johnson (November15, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Keon is substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Nolin (November14, 2007)