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. 76
Wednesday, March 24, 1999
The Standing Committee on Health met at 3:38 p.m. this day, in Room 269, West Block, the Chair, Joseph Volpe, presiding.
Member(s) of the Committee present: Elinor Caplan, Gurmant Grewal, Ovid Jackson, Maria Minna, Pauline Picard, Karen Redman, Rose-Marie Ur, Maurice Vellacott, Joseph Volpe, Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier; Sonya Norris, Research Officers.
Witness(es):From the Canadian Blood Services: Lynda Cranston, Chief executive Officer; Dr. Graham Sher, Vice-President, Medical, Scientific and Clinical Management; From the Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment: John Dicaire, Chairman, Board of Directors; Hussein Noorani, Research Associater; From the Medical Research Council of Canada: Mark Bisby, Programs Director; From Health Canada: Dr. Jay Wortman, Director General, Non-Insured Health Benefits.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108 (2), the Committee resumed consideration of its study on the State of Organ and Tissue Donation in Canada. (See Minutes of Proceedings dated Tuesday, December 1, 1998).
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
At 17:18 p.m., the Committee suspended its sitting.
At 17:28 p.m., the Committee resumed sitting in camera.
It was agreed, -- That the proposed workplan for the production of the report be adopted.
It was agreed, -- That the Committee's report should have a distinctive cover and colour highlights in the interior.
It was agreed, -- That in relation to the report on the state of organ and tissue donation in Canada confidential drafts would be distributed to Committee Members at in camera meetings and that they would be returned to the Clerk at the end of the meeting.
It was agreed, -- That the Chair request a budget of $ 15,000.00 from the Sub-Committee on budgets.
At 5:55 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Marie Danielle Vachon
Clerk of the Committee