Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable CHANTAL PETITCLERC
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Issue No. 54
Fourth and fifth meetings:
Bill S-252, Voluntary Blood Donations Act (An Act to amend the Blood Regulations)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Canadian Plasma Resources:
Barzin Bahardoust, Chief Executive Officer.
Prometic Plasma Resources:
William Bees, Vice-President, Plasma Technologies.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Canadian Health Coalition:
Melanie Benard, National Director of Policy and Advocacy;
Dr. Michèle Brill-Edwards, Board Member.
Canadian Hemophilia Society, British Columbia Chapter:
Curtis Brandell, President.
Sickle Cell Disease Association of Canada:
Biba Tinga, President (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Chantal Petitclerc, Chair
The Honourable Judith G. Seidman, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Dasko, *Day (or Mercer), Deacon (Ontario), Eaton, Francis, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Manning, Mégie, Munson, Oh, Omidvar, Poirier, Ravalia, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of February 27, 2019, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Francis replaced the Honourable Senator Forest-Niesing (February 28, 2019).