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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 115
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
The Standing Committee on Industry met at 3:30 p.m. this day, in Room 701, La Promenade Building, the Chair, Susan Whelan, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Sue Barnes, Eugène Bellemare, Antoine Dubé, Jim Jones, Ian Murray, Janko Peric, Alex Shepherd and Susan Whelan.
Acting Members present: Val Meredith for Rahim Jaffer.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Daniel Brassard and Antony Jackson, Research Officers.
Witnesses: From the American Entreprise Institute: Claude E. Barfield, Resident Scholar and Director of Science and Technology Policy Studies and Coordinator of Trade Policy Studies. From the American Association for the Advancement of Science: Dr. Stephen D. Nelson, Program Director, Science, Technology and Government Programs.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), study on a document entitled "Sustaining Canada as an Innovative Society: An Action Agenda".
Steve Nelson and Claude Barfield each made an opening statement and answered questions.
At 5:11 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Elizabeth B. Kingston
Clerk of the Committee