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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 69
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
The Standing Committee on Health met at 11:08 a.m. this day, in Room 269, West Block, the Chair, Bonnie Brown, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Reg Alcock, André Bachand, Bonnie Brown, Jeannot Castonguay, Stan Dromisky, James Lunney, Réal Ménard, Rob Merrifield, Hélène Scherrer, Bob Speller, Yolande Thibeault, Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
Acting Members present: Bernard Bigras for Diane Bourgeois, Howard Hilstrom for Carol Skelton.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier, Sonya Norris and Monique Hébert, Research Officers.
Witnesses: From the AGCare (Agricultural Groups Concerned About Resources and the Environment): Don McCabe, Chair, Pesticide Issues Committee; Craig Hunter, Technical Advisor. From the Canadian Federation of Agriculture: Jack Wilkinson, Member, Executive Council; Past President; Nicole Howe, Environmental Policy Analyst. From the Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association: Chuck Beach, First Vice-President; Shannon Coombs, Director, Government Relations. From the CropLife Canada: Lorne Hepworth, President; Peter MacLeod, Executive Director, Crop Protection Chemistry.
The Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-53, An Act to protect human
health and safety and the environment by regulating products used for the
control of pests. (See Minutes of Proceedings, Tuesday, April 16, 2002,
Meeting No. 66).
Don McCabe, Jack Wilkinson, Shannon Coombs, Chuck Beach and Lorne Hepworth made statements, and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.
At 12:30 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Gary S. Sokolyk
Clerks of the Committee