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, May 1, 2019
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Issue No. 58
Fourth and fifth (final) meetings:
Bill C-81, An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada
INCLUDING:
THE THIRTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-81, An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada, with amendment and observations)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, May 1, 2019As an individual:
The Honourable David Onley, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (by video conference).
Canadian Hard of Hearing Association:
Christopher T. Sutton, National Executive Director.
AGE-WELL:
Rosalie Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto.
Barrier Free Canada:
Donna Jodhan, President (by video conference).
Canadian Association of the Deaf:
Frank Folino, President.
Public Service Alliance of Canada:
Seema Lamba, Acting Coordinator, Programs Section.
Thursday, May 2, 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.
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, Forest-Niesing, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Manning,Mégie, 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 November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Ravalia replaced the Honourable Senator Kutcher (April 11, 2019).