HUMA Committee Report

Thursday, June 9, 2005
(Meeting No. 40)

The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities met in camera at 11:15 a.m. this day, in Room 705 La Promenade Building, the Chair, Raymonde Folco, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Hon. Eleni Bakopanos, Jean-Claude D'Amours, Raymonde Folco, Paul Forseth, Christiane Gagnon, Ed Komarnicki, Yasmin Ratansi and Peter Van Loan.

Acting Members present: Gary Carr for Hon. Peter Adams, Peter Julian for Tony Martin and Robert Vincent for Yves Lessard.

Associate Member present: Ken Boshcoff.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Chantal Collin, Analyst; Kevin Kerr, Analyst; Jean-Rodrigue Paré, Analyst.

The Committee proceeded to consider the Report of Subcommittee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

It was agreed, — That the draft report “ Accessibility for all ” (as amended), of the Subcommittee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities be adopted as the Eight Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

That the Clerk be authorized to make such editorial and typographical changes as necessary without changing the substance of the Report.

That the Chair be authorised to table the Report in the House.

That the Committee print up to 550 copies of its Report in a bilingual format.

That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the Government provide a comprehensive response to this Report within one hundred and twenty (120) days.

It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the Committee authorizes the printing of the dissenting opinion of the Bloc Québécois as an appendix to this report immediately after the signature of the Chair; that the dissenting opinion be limited to not more than one and a half page; (font = 12; line spacing = 1.5) and that the dissenting opinion be delivered in electronic format in both official languages to the Clerk of the Committee not later than noon, June 10, 2005.

At 1:13 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Danielle Bélisle
Clerk of the Committee