HEAL Committee Meeting
Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.
For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 25
Thursday, September 27, 2001
The Standing Committee on Health met at 11:10 a.m. this day, in Room 308, West Block, the Chair, Bonnie Brown, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Diane Ablonczy, Bonnie Brown, Jeannot Castonguay, Yvon Charbonneau, Stan Dromisky, James Lunney, Real Menard, Rob Merrifield, Helene Scherrer, Judy Sgro and Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: François Côté, Nancy Miller Chenier and Sonya Norris, research officers.
Witnesses: From the Parkinson Society Canada: Mary Jardine, National Executive Director; David Simmonds, Chair. From the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada: Yves Savoie, National Executive Director; Claredon Robicheau, President, Southwest Nova Scotia Chapter, Member - National Board of Directors. From the Ottawa Health Research Institute: Ronald Worton, Chief Executive Officer; Michael Rudnicki, Canada Research Chair in Molecular Genetics, Senior Scientist & Director, Molecular Medicine Program. From the Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Dr. Thérèse Leroux, Director of Ethics.
The Committee resumed consideration of the draft legislation on Assisted Human Reproduction. (See Minutes of Proceedings dated Thursday, May 3, 2001, Meeting No. 13).
The witnesses each made a statement and answered questions.
At 1:11 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Gary S. Sokolyk
Clerk of the Committee