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SOCI - Standing Committee

Social Affairs, Science and Technology

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40-2 40th Parliament, 2nd Session (January 26, 2009 - December 30, 2009)
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Studies & Bills

  • Most Senate committees require an order of reference before they can undertake such work.
  • An order of reference is a decision of the Senate, authorizing a committee to study a proposed law, government spending or a specific subject related to the mandate of the committee. An order of reference might specify what subjects a study should cover, how long it should take to complete, and other important details. It establishes the scope of the study and may give other powers the committee needs to conduct the study.
  • Certain Senate committees have permanent orders of reference and are empowered by the Rules of the Senate to act on their own initiative without additional authority from the Senate.
  • Below is a list of orders of reference that this committee has been authorized to undertake by the Senate or is empowered to act on their own initiative.
  • You will also find for each order of reference:
    • meeting dates and witness details,
    • publicly available briefs and documents,
    • minutes of proceedings, transcripts and video or audio recordings of public meetings (when applicable).
    • Once the committee has completed its study, a link to its report to the Senate will also be posted here.
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Committee Alerts

Bill S-201, An Act to amend the Library and Archives of Canada Act (National Portrait Gallery)

Date/Time Witnesses (1) Location Links/Notes
Dec 03, 2009
10:46 AM ET
  • The Honourable Jerahmiel S. Grafstein, Senator, sponsor of the bill Senate of Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building

Government Response to the fifth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, entitled Early Childhood Education and Care: Next Steps, tabled in the Senate on April 28, 2009

There are no meetings for this study/bill.

Bill C-6, An Act respecting the safety of consumer products

Date/Time Witnesses (18) Location Links/Notes
Dec 02, 2009
03:02 PM ET

There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting.

 Room 2, Victoria Building
Nov 26, 2009
10:45 AM ET
  • Charles Ethier, Director General, Consumer Product Safety Directorate Health Canada
  • Paul Glover, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Health Canada
  • Diane Labelle, General Counsel, Legal Services Unit Health Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building*
Nov 25, 2009
04:14 PM ET
  • Shawn P. Buckley, Constitutional Lawyer As an individual
  • Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, Adjunct Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law As an individual
Room 2, Victoria Building*
Nov 18, 2009
04:01 PM ET
  • Chantal Bernier, Assistant Privacy Commissioner Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  • Dr. Victor Goldbloom, Chair of the Advisory Council Canadian Institute of Child Health
  • Melanie Millar-Chapman, Senior Policy and Research Analyst Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building
Nov 04, 2009
04:02 PM ET
  • Carol Osmond, Vice President Policy Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters
Room 2, Victoria Building
Oct 29, 2009
10:45 AM ET
  • Pamela Fuselli, Executive Director Safe Kids Canada
  • Doug Geralde, Director, Regulator Relations Canadian Standards Association
  • Rick Smith, Executive Director Environmental Defence
Room 705, Victoria Building
Oct 28, 2009
04:00 PM ET
  • Shannon Coombs, President Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association
  • Warrington Ellacott, Vice Chair, Canadian Appliance Manufacturers Association, Electro-Federation Canada Canadian Consumer Product Safety Coalition
  • Peter Irwin, Director of the Canadian Toy Association Board Canadian Toy Association
  • Geneviève Reed, Head of Research and Representation Services Option Consommateurs
  • Charles Samuels, General Counsel Association of Home Appliance Manufactueres Canadian Consumer Product Safety Coalition
Room 2, Victoria Building
Oct 21, 2009
04:09 PM ET
  • Charles Ethier, Director General, Consumer Product Safety Directorate Health Canada
  • Paul Glover, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Health Canada
  • Robert Ianiro, Director, Consumer Product Safety Health Canada
  • Diane Labelle, General Counsel, Legal Services Unit Health Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building

Bill C-32, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act

Date/Time Witnesses (17) Location Links/Notes
Sep 30, 2009
04:04 PM ET
  • Richard Brousseau, President BCTGM
  • Cynthia Callard, Executive Director Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
  • Denis Choinière, Director, Office of Regulations and Compliance Health Canada
  • Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst Canadian Cancer Society
  • François Damphousse, Director, Quebec Office Non-Smokers' Rights Association
  • Flory Doucas, Codirector Coalition québécoise pour le contrôle du tabac
  • Luc Dumulong, Vice President Distribution G.V.A. Inc.
  • Michel Gadbois, Executive Vice President Canadian Convenience Stores Association
  • Paul Glover, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Health Canada
  • Phil Jansson, Youth Facilitator Eastern Ontario Area Youth Coalition
  • Diane Labelle, General Counsel, Legal Services Unit Health Canada
  • Luc Martial, Government Affairs Casa Cubana
  • Cathy Sabiston, Director General, Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate Health Canada
  • Debra Steger, International Trade Law Expert Rothmans, Bensons & Hedges Inc., and Philip Morris
Room 2, Victoria Building
Sep 17, 2009
10:46 AM ET
  • André J. Bergeron, Executive Director Association of Canadian Airport Duty Free Operations
  • Denis Choiniere, Director, Office of Regulations and Compliance Health Canada
  • Paul Glover, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Health Canada
  • Laurie Karson, Executive Director Frontier Duty Free Association
  • Kenneth Kim, COO and General Manager Ontario Korean Association
  • Diane Labelle, General Counsel, Legal Services Unit Health Canada
  • Cathy Sabiston, Director General, Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate Health Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building*

Bill C-11, An Act to promote safety and security with respect to human pathogens and toxins

Date/Time Witnesses (14) Location Links/Notes
Jun 22, 2009
02:01 PM ET

There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting.

 Room 705, Victoria Building
Jun 17, 2009
04:04 PM ET
Appearing
  • The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, P.C., M.P., Minister of Health
Witnesses
  • Jane Allain, General Counsel Health Canada
  • Chantal Bernier, Assistant Privacy Commissioner Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  • Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Melanie Millar-Chapman, Senior Policy and Research Analyst Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
  • Dr. Theresa Tam, Director General, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response Public Health Agency of Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building
Jun 10, 2009
04:12 PM ET
  • Andrew Bognar, Professor, Chair, Biosafety Committee Molecular Genetics University of Toronto
  • Dr. Wayne Conlan, Research Officer National Research Council Canada
  • Paul Gould, Chief Executive Officer Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories
  • Marianna Newkirk, Associate Dean, Research McGill Univeristy
  • Marc Ouellette, Professor Laval University
  • Dr. Peter Singer, Director McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health
Room 2, Victoria Building
Jun 04, 2009
10:45 AM ET
  • Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Elaine Gibson, Associate Professor, Health Law Institute Dalhousie University
  • Dr. Theresa Tam, Director General Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Irit Weiser, Senior General Counsel, Head of Legal Services Health Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building

Study on the accessibility of post-secondary education in Canada

Date/Time Witnesses (12) Location Links/Notes
Dec 10, 2009
10:50 AM ET
  • Roberta Jamieson, President and Chief Executive Officer National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
  • Kathleen Keenan, Director General of Education Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
  • Jaden Keitlah, Chairperson National Aboriginal Caucus of the Canadian Federation of Students
  • Noella Steinhauer, Director of Education National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
Room 2, Victoria Building
Nov 05, 2009
10:43 AM ET
  • Ben Levin, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto
Room 2, Victoria Building
Oct 08, 2009
10:46 AM ET
  • Ross Finnie, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Ottawa
  • Marc Frenette, Analyst, Social Analysis Division Statistics Canada
  • Richard E. Mueller, Visiting Fellow, Social Analysis Division Statistics Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building
Oct 07, 2009
04:04 PM ET
  • Dr. Paul Cappon, President and Chief Executive Officer Canadian Council on Learning
  • Paul Davidson, President and Chief Executive Officer Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
  • Patrice de Broucker, Chief, Educations Indicators and Special Projects Statistics Canada
  • Herbert O'Heron, Senior Advisor, Office of the Vice-President (National Affairs) Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building

Bill S-217, An Act respecting a National Philanthropy Day

Date/Time Witnesses (1) Location Links/Notes
May 14, 2009
10:45 AM ET
  • The Honourable Jerahmiel S. Grafstein, Senator, sponsor of the bill Senate of Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building

Bill C-17, An Act to recognize Beechwood Cemetery as the national cemetery of Canada

Date/Time Witnesses (5) Location Links/Notes
Apr 02, 2009
08:35 AM ET
  • Michel Audy, Special Advisor, National Historic Sites Directorate Parks Canada
  • The Honourable Mauril Bélanger, P.C., Member of Parliament, Ottawa-Vanier
  • Sylvia Ceacero, Executive Director Beechwood Cemetery Foundation
  • Louis Cuppens, (LGen. Ret) Chair, Board of Directors Last Post Fund
  • Grete Hale, President Beechwood Cemetery Foundation
Room 2, Victoria Building*

Bill S-210, An Act respecting World Autism Awareness Day

Date/Time Witnesses (5) Location Links/Notes
May 14, 2009
10:45 AM ET
  • Josh Bortolotti As an individual
  • Suzanne Lanthier, Executive Director Autism Speaks Canada
  • Laurie Mawlam, Executive Director Autism Canada Foundation
  • The Honourable Jim Munson, Senator, sponsor of the bill Senate of Canada
  • Kathleen Provost, Executive Director Autism Society Canada
Room 2, Victoria Building

Study on current social issues pertaining to Canada's largest cities

Date/Time Witnesses Location Links/Notes
Nov 19, 2009
10:47 AM ET

There are no witnesses on this study/bill for this meeting.

 Room 705, Victoria Building
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