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Minutes of Proceedings

42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 36
Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 11:00 a.m. to 1:14 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Anthony Housefather, Chair (Liberal)

• Bill Blair (Liberal)
• Sean Casey (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Lyne Casavant, Analyst
• Julia Nicol, Analyst
Canadian Institute of Actuaries
• Jacques Y. Boudreau, Chair, Genetic Testing Committee
• Robert Howard, Former President
Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
• Stephen Frank, Senior Vice-President, Policy
• Frank Zinatelli, Vice-President and General Counsel
As an individual
• Ronald Cohn, Paediatrician-in-Chief, Hospital For Sick Children
• Hugo Cyr, Dean, Faculty of Political Science and Law, Université du Québec à Montréal
• Peter Hogg, Scholar in Residence, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Bruce Ryder, Associate Professor
• Pierre Thibault, Assistant Dean and Counsel, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa
Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Wednesday, October 26, 2016, the Committee resumed consideration of Bill S-201, An Act to prohibit and prevent genetic discrimination.

Bruce Ryder, Peter Hogg, Hugo Cyr and Pierre Thibault made statements and answered questions.

At 12:10 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:18 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Jacques Y. Boudreau, Robert Howard, Ronald Cohn, Frank Zinatelli and Stephen Frank made statements and answered questions.

At 1:14 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Michael MacPherson
Clerk of the Committee