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MINUTES OF
PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 60
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
The Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs met in camera at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 307, West Block, the Chair, David Pratt, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Claude Bachand, Colleen Beaumier, John O'Reilly, Janko Perić, David Pratt, David Price, Carmen Provenzano, Elsie Wayne, Bob Wood.
Acting Member present: Roy Bailey for Cheryl Gallant.
In attendance: From the Parliamentary Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Wolf Koerner and Michel Rossignol, Research Officers; Barry Hamilton, Consultant.
The Committee proceeded to consider a report of the Sub-Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Colleen Beaumier presented the First Report (Long-Term Care for Veterans: The West Coast Crisis) of the Sub-Committee on Veterans Affairs.
It was agreed, -- That the First Report of the Sub-Committee on Veterans Affairs be concurred in as a report of this committee and that the Chair of the Sub-Committee, or her designate, be authorized to present it to the House at the earliest possibility.
It was agreed, -- That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request from the Government a comprehensive response to this report but that, notwithstanding the one hundred and fifty (150) days time limit prescribed in Standing Order 109, this comprehensive response be tabled within one hundred and twenty (120) days.
It was agreed, -- That the Chair be authorized to make such typographical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the Report to the House.
It was also agreed, -- That 300 copies of the Fourth Report of the Committee (Facing Our Responsibilities : The state of readiness of the Canadian Forces) be printed, at the cost of $ 3, 986.
At 4:00 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Diane Deschamps
Clerk of the Committee