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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 61
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
The Standing Committee on Health met at 11:06 a.m. this day, in Room 269, West Block, the Chair, Bonnie Brown, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Bonnie Brown, Jeannot Castonguay, Brenda Chamberlain, Stan Dromisky, James Lunney, Réal Ménard, Rob Merrifield, Hélène Scherrer, and Yolande Thibeault.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier and Sonya Norris, Research Officers.
Witnesses: From the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee: Dr. Arnold Naimark, Chair; Dr. Peter Phillips, Co-Chair, Project Steering Committee on the Regulation of Genetically Modified Food; Suzanne Hendricks, Co-Chair, Project Steering Committee on the Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed its study on the Labelling of Genetically Modified Foods.
Rob Merrifield gave notice of motion, - That Dr. Alan Bernstein, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), be called to appear before the Committee to explain why the CIHR ignored Parliament by imposing new guidelines on embryonic stem cell research just prior to the introduction of legislation, and to justify the contradictions between the Standing Committee Report and the new guidelines.
Réal Ménard gave notice of motion, - That witnesses be given ten (10) minutes for opening statement and, that during the questioning of witnesses there be allocated seven (7) minutes for the questioners of the parties in the following order: the Canadian Alliance, the Bloc Québécois, the Liberal Party, the New Democratic Party, the Coalition PC-DR and the Liberal Party and that thereafter five (5) minutes be allocated to each subsequent questioner, alternating between opposition and government parties, at the discretion of the Chair.
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
At 12:45 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Richard Rumas
Committee Clerk