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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable JOAN FRASER

Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 (in camera)

Issue No. 23

Sixty-first and sixty-second meetings on:

The current state of Canadian media industries
and

First and second (final) meeting on Bill C-37:

An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act

INCLUDING:
THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-37)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Jerry Pickard, P.C., M.P.,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Industry Canada:

Michael Binder, Assistant Deputy Minister, Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications;

Len St. Aubin, Senior Director, Business and Regulatory Analysis, Telecommunications Policy Branch;

Steve Williamson, Senior Advisor, Business and Regulatory Analysis, Telecommunications Policy Branch;

Glenn Sheskay, Legal Counsel.

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission:

Richard D. French, Vice-Chairman, Telecommunications;

Elizabeth Duncan, Regional Commissioner for the Atlantic Region;

Allan Rosenzveig, General Counsel, Telecommunications;

Gerald Lylyk, Director, Consumer Affairs.

Canadian Marketing Association:

John Gustavson, President and Chief Executive Officer;

Wally Hill, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Communications.

Canadian Federation of Independent Business:

Rob Taylor, Senior Policy and Communications.

Eden Clean Air and Heating:

Allen Futerman, Owner.

Public Interest Advocacy Centre:

John Lawford, Legal Counsel;

Hasini Palihapitiya, Articling Student.

Primerica Financial Services (Canada) Ltd.:

Peter W. Schneider, Executive Vice-President, Primerica Financial Services Ltd.;

Hande Bilhan, Senior Vice-President, Government Affairs.

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association:

Jean-Pierre Bernier, Vice-President and General Counsel;

Peter Goldthorpe, Director, Marketplace Regulation Issues.

Association of Fundraising Professionals:

J. Boyd McBride, Chair, Ottawa Chapter, Government Relations Committee.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joan Fraser, Chair

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Carney, P.C., Chaput, Eyton, Johnson, *Kinsella (or Stratton), Mercer, Merchant, Munson, Phalen

*Ex ofFicio mEmbers

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Zimmer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercer (November 14, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mercer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Zimmer (November 15, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Tardif substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Phalen (November 19, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Cordy substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercer (November 21, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Munson (November 21, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Dawson was removed (November 23, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Mercer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (November 23, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Munson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Hubley (November 23, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Phalen substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Tardif (November 23, 2005).

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