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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 2
Wednesday, February 12,
2003
The
Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs of the Standing Committee on National Defence
and Veterans Affairs met in camera at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 307,
West Block, the Chair, Bob Wood, presiding.
Members of the
Subcommittee present:
Roy Bailey, Bill Blaikie, Ivan Grose, Dan McTeague, Louis Plamondon, Carmen
Provenzano, Rose-Marie Ur, Elsie Wayne, Bob Wood.
In attendance: From the Parliamentary Research
Branch of the Library of Parliament: Wolf Koerner and Michel Rossignol,
Research Officers.
The Subcommittee considered
its future business.
It was agreed, ― That, in relation to its study on
Long–Term Care for Veterans, the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs of the
Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs be authorized to
retain the professional services of Mr. Barry Hamilton, as a consultant for the
Subcommittee, for the period of April 1st, 2003, to June 30, 2003,
at a cost of $535. per day, for 20 days, for a total amount of $10,700, and
that, in relation to its study on Long-Term Care for Veterans, the proposed operational budget in the
amount of $26,305. be adopted by the Subcommittee.
It was agreed, ― That, in relation to its study on Long–Term Care for
Veterans, the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs of the Standing Committee on
National Defence and Veterans Affairs be authorized to travel to Eastern Canada
from March 31 to April 4, 2003, with the necessary staff, and that the proposed
budget in the amount of $66,848.50 be adopted for the Subcommittee’s travel.
It was agreed, ― That the Minister of Veterans
Affairs, the Hon. Rey Pagtakhan, be invited to appear before the Subcommittee
on February 19 or 26, 2003.
It was also agreed to meet
with the Royal Canadian Legion at the Legion House, on March 26, 2003 or to
invite its representatives to appear before the Subcommittee.
At 4:05 p.m., the
Subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Diane Deschamps
Clerk of the Subcommittee