Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Issue No. 2 - Minutes of Proceedings - February 18, 2016

OTTAWA, Thursday, February 18, 2016
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology met in camera this day at 10:30 a.m., in room 705, Victoria Building, the chair, the Honourable Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Eggleton, P.C., Frum, Merchant, Nancy Ruth, Ogilvie, Raine, Seidman and Stewart Olsen (8).

In attendance: Sonya Norris, Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, January 25, 2016, the committee continued its study on the increasing incidence of obesity in Canada.

Pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee considered a draft agenda.

It was agreed that the chair be authorized to seek authority from the Senate for the following order of reference:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to examine and report on the issue of dementia in our society;

That the committee review programs and services for people with dementia, the gaps that exist in meeting the needs of patients and their families, as well as the implications for future service delivery as the population ages;

That the committee review strategies on dementia implemented in other countries;

That the committee consider the appropriate role of the federal government in helping Canadians with dementia;

That the committee submit its final report no later than January 31, 2017, and that the Committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until 180 days after the tabling of the final report.

It was agreed that the chair be authorized to seek authority from the Senate for the following order of reference:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to examine and report on the elements related to its mandate found in the ministerial mandate letters of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, the Minister of Science, and the Minister of Sports and Persons with Disabilities; and

That the committee submit its final report no later than November 30, 2016.

At 10:56 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Keli Hogan

Clerk of the committee