Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Proceedings of the Subcommittee on Cities

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007-08

Chair: The Honourable ART EGGLETON, P.C.

Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008 (in camera)

Issue No. 4

Eleventh and twelfth meetings on:

Current social issues pertaining to Canada's largest cities

INCLUDING:
THE FIRST REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
(Poverty, Housing and Homelessness: Issues and Options)
(Seventeenth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology)

WITNESSES:

Friday, June 13, 2008

Université Laval:

François Blais, Professor, Faculty of Social Siences.

Canadian Education Association:

Christa Freiler, Director of Research.

The Toronto Star:

Carol Goar, Editorial Columnist.

University of Ottawa:

David Gray, Associate Professor, Department of Economics.

University of Manitoba:

Derek Hum, Professor, Department of Economics.

Caledon Institute of Social Policy:

Michael Mendelson, Senior Scholar.

University of Regina:

Jim Mulvale, Associate Professor, Department of Justice Studies.

Winnipeg Harvest:

David Northcott, Executive Director.

Dalhousie University:

Lars Osberg, Professor, Department of Economics.

Citizens for Public Justice:

Chandra Pasma, Policy Analyst.

National Anti-Poverty Organization:

Rob Rainer, Executive Director.

National Council of Welfare:

Sheila Regehr, Director.

University of Miami:

Philip Robins, Professor, Department of Economics.

Council of Canadians with Disabilities:

Marie White, National Chairperson.

MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE

The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Andrée Champagne, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Cordy, Keon, Munson, Trenholme Counsell

(Quorum 3)