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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 18

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

The Standing Committee on Health met at 3:31 p.m. this day, in Room 237-C, Centre Block, the Chair, Rob Merrifield, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Dave Batters, Hon. Carolyn Bennett, Patricia Davidson, Nicole Demers, Ruby Dhalla, Steven John Fletcher, Christiane Gagnon, Tina Keeper, Rob Merrifield and Penny Priddy.

Acting Members present: James Lunney for Rick Dykstra and Gary Merasty for Hon. Brenda Chamberlain.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier, Analyst ; Sonya Norris, Analyst ; Odette Madore, Analyst.

Witnesses: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Robert Eyahpaise, Director, Social Services and Justice, Social Policy and Programs Branch; Fred Hill, Manager, Northern Food Security, Northern Affairs Program. Assembly of First Nations: Katherine Whitecloud, Regional Chief; Valerie Gideon, Senior Director, Health and Social Secretariat. National Aboriginal Health Organization: Mark Buell, Manager, Policy and Communications; Carole Lafontaine, Acting Chief Executive Officer. University of Alberta: Noreen Willows, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science. Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project: Sheila Wari Whitebean, Manager and Intervention Coordinator; Margaret Cargo, Researcher, Psychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre; Treena Delormier, Member, Community Advisory Board. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Kristy Sheppard, Representative of the National Inuit Committee on Health. Department of Health: Kathy Langlois, Director General, Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed its study on Childhood Obesity.

Robert Eyahpaise, Katherine Whitecloud, Carole Lafontaine, Noreen Willows, Treena Delormier, Margaret Cargo and Kristy Sheppard made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 5:32 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Carmen DePape
Clerk of the Committee

2007/10/19 1:49 p.m.