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SOCI - Standing Committee

Social Affairs, Science and Technology

45-1 45th Parliament, 1st Session (May 26, 2025 - Present)
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Meeting Detail
Videoconference
Televised live on PTN
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Partial In Camera
4:15 p.m. ET
Location: Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, 2 Rideau Street, Ottawa ON, with videoconference
Clerk: Ferda Simpson (613) 698-0113
The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 9 and 12 of Part 4 of Bill C-31, Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 2
Topic: Part 4, Division 9 (Canada Labour Code)
Topic: Part 4, Division 12 (Tobacco and Vaping Products)
Topic: Part 4, Division 9 (Canada Labour Code)

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

Witnesses
  • Sébastien St-Arnaud, Manager, Strategic Policy and Legislative Reform, Labour Program (Employment and Social Development Canada)
  • Soojin Yu, Senior Director, Strategic Policy and Legislative Reform, Labour Program (Employment and Social Development Canada)
  • Tim Appleby, Director, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, Tobacco Control Directorate, Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch (Health Canada)
  • Denise MacGillivray, Director General, Cannabis, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Directorate, Regulatory Operations and Enforcement Branch (Health Canada)
  • Kendal Weber, Assistant Deputy Minister, Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch (Health Canada)
  • Lily Chang, Secretary-Treasurer (Canadian Labour Congress)
  • Lisa Freeman, Senior Researcher (Canadian Labour Congress)
  • Derrick Hynes, President and Chief Executive Officer (Federally Regulated Employers, Transportation and Communications)
  • Jackie VanDerMeulen, Legal Counsel (Federally Regulated Employers, Transportation and Communications)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription