Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007

Chair: The Honourable ART EGGLETON, P.C.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Issue No. 1

Organization meeting
and
Future business of the committee
(Consideration of draft budgets for the subcommittees on Population Health & Cities)
and
First and second meetings on:
The impact of the multiple factors and conditions that contribute to the health of Canada's populations —
known collectively as the social determinants of health
and
Current social issues pertaining to Canada's largest Cities
(To study the subjects of poverty, housing and homelessness and refer the evidence to the two subcommittees)

First (final) meeting on:
Bill S-220, An Act respecting a National Blood Donor Week

INCLUDING:
THE FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Expenses incurred by the committee during the First Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament)
THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-220)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• First Report
• Second Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 14, 2007(13K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 21, 2007 (100K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 22, 2007 (1K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 29, 2007 (98K)

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Canadian Cooperative Association:

John Anderson, Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy.

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada:

Nicholas Gazzard, Executive Director.

Canadian Housing and Renewal Association:

Sharon Chisholm, Executive Director.

Toronto Community Housing:

Derek Ballantyne, Chief Executive Officer.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Nanegkam Housing Corporation:

Patrick Augustine, Native Council of Prince Edward Island.

National Aboriginal Housing Association:

David Seymour, President.

Inuit Non-Profit Housing Corporation:

Lynda Brown, President.

Kinew Housing:

Lawrence Poirier, Manager.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Brown, Callbeck, Champagne, P.C., Cochrane, Cook, Cordy, Fairbairn, P.C., *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Munson, Pépin, Trenholme Counsell

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)