Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Issue 1 - Order of Reference
Extract form the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, November 20, 2007:
The Honourable Senator Keon moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Watt:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to examine and report on the impact of the multiple factors and conditions that contribute to the health of Canada's population — known collectively as the social determinants of health — including the effects of these determinants on the disparities and inequities in health outcomes that continue to be experienced by identifiable groups or categories of people within the Canadian population;
That the Committee examine government policies, programs and practices that regulate or influence the impact of the social determinants of health on health outcomes across the different segments of the Canadian population, and that the Committee investigate ways in which governments could better coordinate their activities in order to improve these health outcomes, whether these activities involve the different levels of government or various departments and agencies within a single level of government;
That the Committee be authorized to study international examples of population health initiatives undertaken either by individual countries, or by multilateral international bodies such as (but not limited to) the World Health Organization;
That the papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the Committee on this subject since the beginning of the First Session of the Thirty-Ninth Parliament be referred to the Committee; and
That the Committee submit its final report no later than June 30, 2009, and that the Committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until 180 days after the tabling of the final report.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Extract form the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, November 20, 2007:
The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Adams:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to examine and report on current social issues pertaining to Canada's largest cities. In particular, the Committee shall be authorized to examine:
(a) poverty
(b) housing and homelessness
(c) social infrastructure
(d) social cohesion
(e) immigrant settlement
(f) crime
(g) transportation
(h) the role of the largest cities in Canada's economic development
That the study be national in scope, with a focus on the largest urban community in each of the provinces;
That the study report propose solutions, with an emphasis on collaborative strategies involving, federal, provincial and municipal governments;
That the papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the Committee on this subject since the beginning of the First Session of the Thirty-Ninth Parliament be referred to the Committee; and
That the Committee submit its final report no later than June 30, 2009, and that the Committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until 180 days after the tabling of the final report.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Extract form the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, November 27, 2007:
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Cochrane, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon, for the second reading of Bill S-220, An Act respecting a National Blood Donor Week.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Cochrane moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Paul C. Bélisle
Clerk of the Senate