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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 90
Thursday, June 13, 2002
The Standing Committee on Health met at 11:37 a.m. this day, in Room 362, East Block, the Chair, Bonnie Brown, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Reg Alcock, Bonnie Brown, Jeannot Castonguay, James Lunney, Réal Ménard, Carol Skelton, Yolande Thibeault.
Acting Members present: Hedy Fry for Bob Speller, Paul Szabo for Stan Dromisky.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier, Sonya Norris and Monique Hébert, Research Officers.
Witnesses: As Individual: Suzanne Scorsone, Former member of the Royal Commission on Reproductive Technology. From the Campaign Life Coalition: Karen Murawsky, Director of Public Affairs. From the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops: Terence Prendergast, Archbishop of Halifax; Noël Simard, Professor of Ethics, St.Paul University. From the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (The): Bruce Clemenger, Director, Centre for Faith and Public Life. As Individual: Abby Lippman, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University; Madeline Boscoe, Canadian Women's Health Network.
The Committee resumed consideration of Bill C-56, An Act respecting assisted
human reproduction (See Minutes of Proceedings, Thursday, May 30, 2002,
Meeting No. 85).
The witnesses each made a statement, and answered questions.
At 1:36 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Gary S. Sokolyk
Clerk of the Committee