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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 103

Friday, November 7, 2003

The Standing Committee on Finance met at 8:30 a.m. this day, in the Conference B & C Room, Sheraton Centre Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, the Chair, Sue Barnes, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Sue Barnes, Scott Brison, Albina Guarnieri, Rahim Jaffer, Shawn Murphy, Gary Pillitteri, Monte Solberg, Judy Wasylycia-Leis and Bryon Wilfert.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: June Dewetering, Principal ; Stephen Laurent, Analyst.

Witnesses: Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health: Phil Upshall, President, Mood Disorders Society of Canada; Joan Montgomery, Chief Executive Officer, Schizophrenia Society of Canada. Canadian Association of Science Centres: Claude Benoit, Vice-President; Tracy Ross, Coordinator. Retail Council of Canada: Diane J. Brisebois, President and Chief Executive Officer; Peter Woolford, Vice-President, Policy Development and Research. Escarpment Biosphere Foundation: Robert Barnett, Executive Director and Chair of the Government Relations Committee, Ontario Land Trust Alliance. ACTRA - Toronto Performers: Richard Hardacre, President; Brian Topp, Executive Director. Campaign 2000: Laurel Rothman, National Coordinator. Campaign Against Child Poverty: Caroline Di Giovanni, Executive Director, Hope for Children Foundation; Gerald Vandezande, Steering Committee Member; Jacquie Maund, Coordinator. Writers Guild of Canada: Gail Martiri, Director of Policy. Childcare Resource and Research Unit: Martha Friendly, Coordinator of the Unit, Centre for Urban and Community Studies of the University of Toronto. As Individual: Joseph Polito. Association of Municipal Managers and Clerks of Ontario: Mary L. MacKenzie, President; Andy Koopmans, Executive Director. Campaign for Stable Funding of Adult ESL Classes: Norman Beach, Co-chair; Linda Zhai, Former Adult Student in English as a second language classes (ESL). Hospital for Sick Children: Cyndy DeGiusti, Vice President, Child Advocacy; Manuel Buchwald, Chief of Research. Canadian Pensioners Concerned Inc.: Gerda Kaegi, President; Edwin Watson, Member. Maytree Foundation: Elizabeth McIsaac, Manager, Research and Policy; Naomi Alboim, Associate. City of Toronto: Shirley Hoy, Chief Administrator Officer.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(1), the Committee resumed its pre-budget consultations.

Panel I: Phil Upshall, Claude Benoit, Diane J. Brisebois, Robert Barnett, Richard Hardacre, Brian Topp and Laurel Rothman made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 9:58 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:05 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Panel II: Jacquie Maund, Caroline Di Giovanni, Gerald Vandezande, Gail Martiri, Martha Friendly, Joseph Polito and Mary L. MacKenzie made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 11:35 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:40 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Panel III: Norman Beach, Linda Zhai, Cyndy DeGiusti, Manuel Buchwald, Gerda Kaegi, Elizabeth McIsaac, Naomi Alboim and Shirley Hoy made a statement and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 1:01 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Richard Dupuis, Caroline Martin
Clerks of the Committee

2003/11/20 9:04 a.m.