Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on the Arctic
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable DENNIS GLEN PATTERSON
Monday, March 19, 2018
Issue No. 4
Fourth meeting:
Study on the significant and rapid changes to the Arctic, and impacts on original inhabitants
First meeting:
Election of the chair
First meeting:
Election of the deputy chair
WITNESSES
Polar Knowledge Canada:
David J. Scott, President and Chief Executive Officer.
As individuals:
Christopher Burn, Chancellor's Professor of Geography, Carleton University;
Louis Fortier, Professor, Laval University and ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence Canada.
Arctic Eider Society:
Joel Heath, Executive Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Dennis Glen Patterson, Chair
The Honourable Patricia Bovey, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Coyle, Day, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, Galvez, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), Neufeld, Oh, Pate, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Day was added to the membership (March 19, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Watt was removed from the membership (March 16, 2018).