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MINUTES OF
PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 7
Monday, October 28, 2002
The
Standing Committee on Finance met in a televised session at 3:40 p.m. this day,
in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Sue Barnes, presiding.
Members of the Committee
present: Sue
Barnes, Roy Cullen, Albina Guarnieri, Sophia Leung, The Hon. Maria Minna,
Pauline Picard, Gary Pillitteri, Bryon Wilfert.
Acting Members present: Shawn Murphy for Joe McGuire,
Mauril Bélanger for Tony Valeri, Andy Burton for Charlie Penson.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament:
June Dewetering, Principal Analyst; Marc-André Pigeon, Research Officer.
Witnesses: From the Action Canada for
Population and Development: Zonibel Woods, Director, Government Relations;
Johanne Fillion, Director, Communications. From the Canada's Research-Based
Pharmaceutical Companies: John Stewart, Executive Vice-President and
General Manager, Purdue Pharma and Incoming Chair of R&D; Murray J. Elston,
President. From the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association: Susan A.
Ziebarth, Executive Director; Judy Lux, Health Policy Communications
Specialist. From the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami of Canada: Jose A. Kusugak,
President. From the Canadian Chemical Producers' Association: Richard
Paton, President and CEO; David J. Shearing, Senior Manager, Business and
Economics. From the Computing Technology Industry Association of Canada
(COMPTIA): Alan N. Young, Vice-President. From the Environmental
Technologies Innovation Canada (ETIC): Jack Pasternak, Executive Director;
Al McDowell, Executive Directeur. From the Information Technology
Association of Canada: Norine Heselton, Vice-President, Policy; Graham
Hoey, Ernst & Young LLP.
Pursuant to Standing Order
83(1), the Committee continued its pre-budget discussions.
John Stewart, Zonibel
Woods, Susan A. Ziebarthand and Jose A. Kusugak made a statement and with the
other witnesses, answered questions.
At 4:55 p.m., the sitting
was suspended.
At 5:05 p.m., the sitting
resumed.
Richard Paton, Alan N,
Young, Al McDowell, Jack Pasternak and Norin Heselton made a statement and with
David J. Shearing answered questions.
At 6:25 p.m., the Committee
adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Richard Dupuis
Clerk of the Committee