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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 68
Thursday, March 4, 1999
The Standing Committee on Health met in camera at 9:10 a.m. this day, in Room 253-D, Centre Block, the Chair, Joseph Volpe, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Elinor Caplan, Reed Elley, Ovid Jackson, Pauline Picard, Karen Redman, Rose-Marie Ur, Maurice Vellacott, Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
Acting Member present: Keith Martin for Gurmant Grewal.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier; Sonya Norris, Research Officer.
Witness(es):From Health Canada: Dennis Brodie, A/Manager, Policy Division, Bureau of Policy and Coordination; André LaPrairie, Blood, Tissue, Organ and Xenotransplantation (BTOX) Project Manager. From the Calgary Regional Health Authority: Dr. John Jarrell, Chief Medical Officer. From the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation: Dr. Jules Martin, Associate General Director. From Health Canada: Brian Crowell, Director, Canadian Blood Secretariat; Dr. Antonio Giulivi, Associate Director, Bureau of Infectious Diseases, Blood-Borne Pathogens Divisions, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control; From the Canadian Standards Association: André Wisaksana, Project Manager, Standards Development; From the Toronto General Hospital: Dr. Gary Levy, Director, Multi-Organ Transplant; From the McGill University, Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law: Dr. Margaret Somerville, Gale Professor of Law.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108 (2), a study on the State of Organ and Tissue Donation in Canada
Dennis Brodie, André LaPrairie, Dr. John Jarrell and Dr. Jules Martin each made statements and answered questions.
At 10:38 a.m. the Committee suspended its sitting.
At 10:42 a.m. the Committee resumed sitting.
André Wisaksana, Dr. Margaret Somerville, Dr. Antonio Giulivi and Brian Crowell each made statements and answered questions.
At 11:55 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Marie Danielle Vachon
Clerk(s) of the Committee