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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 38
Tuesday, May 6, 2003
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage met in camera at 3:33 p.m. this day, in Room 705, La Promenade Building, the Chair, Clifford Lincoln, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Jim Abbott, Paul Bonwick, Liza Frulla, Christiane Gagnon, John Harvard, Wendy Lill, Clifford Lincoln, Dennis Mills and Alex Shepherd.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Sam Banks and Joseph Jackson, research officers. Consultant: David Black.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed its study on the State of the Canadian Broadcasting System. (See Minutes of Proceedings dated November 7, 2002, meeting No. 2).
The Committee resumed consideration of a draft report.
It was agreed, -
That the Committee adopt the draft report, as amended, as a report of the
Committee to the House.
It was agreed, -
That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the Government
table a comprehensive response to this report.
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.
It was agreed, -
That 2,500 copies of the report be printed in English and 1,250 in French.
It was agreed, -
That 3,000 copies of the report be produced in compact disc form.
It was agreed, -
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a), the Committee authorize the
printing of brief dissenting and / or supplementary opinions as appendices to
this report, immediately after the signature of the Chair, and that the
opinions be sent to the Clerk of the Committee in electronic form in both
official languages on or before Monday, May 12, 2003.
It was agreed, -
That the Chair, or his designate, be authorized to present the report to the
House.
It was agreed, -
That the Clerk of the Committee organize a press conference on tabling day,
after the tabling of the report.
At 5:20 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Christine Fisher
Clerk of the Committee