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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 26
 
Thursday, May 15, 2008
 

The Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs met by videoconference at 3:36 p.m. this day, in Room 214, Wellington Building, the Vice-Chair, Peter Stoffer, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Rob Anders, Betty Hinton, Gilles-A. Perron, Todd Norman Russell, Bev Shipley, Brent St. Denis and Peter Stoffer.

 

Acting Members present: Harold Albrecht for Ron Cannan, Rob Clarke for David Sweet and Nicole Demers for Roger Gaudet.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Michel Rossignol, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command: Carl A Castro, Director, Military Operational Medicine Research Program, Headquarters.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on April 1 2008, the Committee resumed its study of Comparison Study of Veterans Services Offered by Members of the Commonwealth and the G8.
 

Carl Castro made a statement and answered questions.

 

At 3:45 p.m. Rob Anders took the Chair.

 
The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.
 

On motion of Bev Shipley, it was agreed, — That the Chair present the report entitled: Resetting the Bar for Veterans Health Care: the Veterans Independence Program and the Veterans Health Care Review, to the House on May 28, 2008 followed by a press conference.

 

At 4:46 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:47 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

On motion of Gilles-A. Perron, it was agreed, — That the Committee undertake a study on the Supplementary Estimates (A) 2008-2009.

 

At 4:49 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Erica Pereira
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
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