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Minutes of Proceedings

43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 36
Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 1:03 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Marilyn Gladu, Chair (Conservative)

Library of Parliament
• Clare Annett, Analyst
• Dominique Montpetit, Analyst
Association of Ontario Midwives
• Ellen Blais, Director, Indigenous Midwifery
Laurentian University
• Marie Josée Berger, Provost and Vice-President, Academic
• Robert Haché, President and Vice-Chancellor
Canadian Midwifery Regulators Council
• Louise Aerts, Chair
• Tracy Murphy, Executive Director
National Aboriginal Council of Midwives
• Claire Dion Fletcher, Indigenous Registered Midwife, Co-Chair
• Brenda Epoo, Aboriginal Registered Midwife, Co-Chair
Regroupement Les Sages-femmes du Québec
• Josyane Giroux, President, Midwife
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, April 29, 2021, the committee resumed its study of midwifery services across Canada.

Ellen Blais, Marie Josée Berger and Robert Haché made statements and answered questions.

At 11:31 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:31 a.m., the sitting resumed.

At 12:00 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:07 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Louise Aerts and Claire Dion Fletcher made statements and answered questions.

Claire Dion Fletcher, on behalf of Brenda Epoo, made a statement and answered questions. Josyane Giroux made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:18 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:19 p.m., the sitting resumed.

At 12:21 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:23 p.m., the sitting resumed.

At 12:29 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:30 p.m., the sitting resumed.

It was agreed, — That dissenting or supplementary opinions for the report on the study of women's unpaid work be in Calibri 12-point font, left aligned, single-spaced, and be submitted electronically, in both official languages, to the clerk of the committee, not later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2021.

At 1:03 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Stephanie Bond
Clerk of the Committee