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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2010

Chair: The Honourable DENNIS DAWSON

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Issue No. 7

Eleventh meeting on:

The emerging issues related to the Canadian Airline Industry

and

First (final) meeting on:

Bill C-28, An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy
by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means
of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act,
the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection
and Electronic, Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act

INCLUDING:

THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special study budget 2010-2011 — airline industry)

THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-28)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Fifth Report
• Sixth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, December 7, 2010 (46K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, December 14, 2010 (41K)

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WITNESSES

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Competition Bureau:

Martine Dagenais, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Mergers Branch;

Donald Plouffe, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Criminal Matters Branch.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Industry Canada:

Janet DiFrancesco, Director General, Electronic Commerce Branch;

André Leduc, Policy Advisor, E-Commerce Policy;

Philip Palmer, Senior General Counsel, Industry Canada Legal Services.

Information Technology Association of Canada:

Bernard Courtois, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Brendan Glauser, Manager, Communications.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Dennis Dawson, Chair

The Honourable Leo Housakos, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Cochrane, *Cowan (or Tardif), Fox, P.C., Frum, Johnson, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), MacDonald, Martin, Mercer, Merchant, Plett, Zimmer

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

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

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (December 8, 2010).

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