Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable ART EGGLETON, P.C.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Issue No. 38
Seventh, eighth and ninth meetings:
Examine and report on issues relating to social affairs, science and technology generally
WITNESSES
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Origins Canada:
Valerie Andrews, Executive Director;
Sandra Jarvie, Mother;
Eugenia Powell, Mother.
Parent Finders:
Monica Byrne, Director and Mother.
Adoption, Support, Kinship (ASK):
Wendy Rowney, President.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Senator Rachel Siewert, Chair, Community Affairs Reference Committee for the Forced Adoption Inquiry, Senate of Australia (by video conference);
As individuals:
Daryl Higgins, Professor, Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University (by video conference);
Veronica Strong-Boag, Historian and Historical Consultant, Professor Emerita, University of British Columbia (by video conference).
Thursday, March 22, 2018
United Church of Canada:
Reverend Dan Hayward, Representative.
Mouvement Retrouvailles:
Caroline Fortin, President and Provincial Coordinator.
As an individual:
Diane Poitras, adopted person, Member, Mouvement Retrouvailles.
Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies:
Mary Ballantyne, Chief Executive Officer.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Chantal Petitclerc, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Judith Seidman, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bernard, *Day (or Mercer), Dean, Doyle, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Manning, Mégie, Munson, Omidvar, Poirier, Raine, *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 Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (March 21, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Omidvar replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (March 21, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Omidvar (March 19, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (March 16, 2018).