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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 44
Monday, November 26, 2001
The Standing Committee on Health met at 10:07 a.m. this day, in Room 362, East Block, the Chair, Bonnie Brown, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Bonnie Brown, Colleen Beaumier, Brenda Chamberlain, Stan Dromisky, James Lunney, Réal Ménard, Rob Merrifield, Hélène Scherrer, Judy Sgro, Yolande Thibeault, Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
Associate Member present: Preston Manning.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier and Sonya Norris, Research Officers.
Witnesses: From the Canadian Bar Association: Brent F. Windwick, Chair, National Health Law Section. From the Catholic Health Association of Canada: Mary Lou Cranston, cnd, STD, Director, St. Joseph's College Ethics Centre (Edmonton, Alberta). From the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Canada: Lawrence Soler, Director of Government Relations. From the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops: Terence Prendergast, Archbishop of Halifax; Ron Mercier, S.J., Dean, Regis College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto. From REAL Women of Canada: Gwendolyn Landolt, National Vice-President. From the Lesbian Mothers Association: Mona Greenbaum, Coordinator. From Campaign Life Coalition: John Shea, MD, FRCP, Consultant. From the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association: Micheal Vonn, Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors.
The Committee resumed consideration of the draft legislation on Assisted Human Reproduction. (See Minutes of Proceedings dated Thursday, May 3, 2001, Meeting No. 13.)
Brent Windwick, Mary Lou Cranston, Lawrence Soler, Terence Prendergast and Ron Mercier each made a statement and answered questions.
At 12:03 p.m. the sitting was suspended.
At 1:10 p.m. the sitting was resumed.
Gwendolyn Landolt, Mona Greenbaum, John Shea and Micheal Vonn each made a statement and answered questions.
At 2:42 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Gary S. Sokolyk
Clerks of the Committee