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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 124
Wednesday, May 26, 1999
The Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development met at 3:45 p.m. this day, in Room 371, West Block, the Chair, Charles Caccia, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Charles Caccia, Rick Casson, Yvon Charbonneau, Jocelyne Girard-Bujold, John Herron, Karen Kraft Sloan, Rick Laliberté, David Pratt, Paddy Torsney.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Monique Hébert, Researcher; Christine Labelle, Researcher.
Witnesses: From the Office of the Auditor General of Canada: Brian Emmett, Commissioner, Environment and Sustainable Development; Alan Gilmore, Principal, Audit Operations. From Health Canada: Rod Raphael, Acting Director General, Environmental Health Directorate, Health Protection Branch; Jack Cornett, Director, Radiation Protection Bureau; Jean-Patrice Auclair, Section Head, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness. From the Atomic Energy Control Board: Pierre Marchildon, Director General, Atomic Energy Control Board Secretariat; Barclay D. Howden, Senior Advisor, Research Facility Licensing, Research and Production Facility Licensing; J.W. Blyth, Head-Issue Management Section, Power Reactor Evaluation Division, Directorate of Reactor Regulation. From the Department of National Defence: Ann Marie Sahagian, Executive Director, Emergency Preparedness Canada.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee commenced consideration of Chapter 28 of the December 1998 Report and Chapter 24 of the1992 Report of the Auditor General of Canada (Nuclear Emergencies)
Brian Emmett, Rod Raphael, Ann Marie Sahagian and Pierre Marchildon made statements and with Jean-Patrice Auclair, Jack Cornett and J.W. Blyth answered questions.
At 5:45 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Stephen Knowles
Clerk of the Committee