Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19
Chair: The Honourable CHANTAL PETITCLERC
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Issue No. 56
First meeting:
Bill C-81, An Act to ensure
a barrier-free Canada
and
First (final) meeting:
Bill C-376, An Act to designate the month
of April as Sikh Heritage Month
and
Eighth (final) meeting:
Bill S-252, Voluntary Blood Donations Act
(An Act to amend the Blood Regulations)
INCLUDING:
THE THIRTY-SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-376, An Act to designate the month
of April as Sikh Heritage Month)
and
THE THIRTY-THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-252, Voluntary Blood Donations Act
(An Act to amend the Blood Regulations))
APPEARING
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility
WITNESSES
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Employment and Social Development Canada:
James Van Raalte, Director General, Accessibility Secretariat;
Benoît Gendron, Director, Accessibility Secretariat;
Erik Lapalme, Senior Policy Analyst, Accessibility Secretariat.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Sukh Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament for Surrey—Newton, sponsor of the bill.
The Honourable Senator Sabi Marwah.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Chantal Petitclerc, Chair
The Honourable Judith G. Seidman, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Dasko, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, Forest-Niesing, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Kutcher, Manning, Mégie, Moodie, Munson, Oh, Omidvar, Poirier, *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 November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Kutcher replaced the Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario) (April 4, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Moodie replaced the Honourable Senator Kutcher (April 4, 2019).
The Honourable Senator Kutcher replaced the Honourable Senator Ravalia (April 3, 2019).