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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 16
Thursday, May 17, 2001
The Standing Committee on Health met at 11:16 a.m. this day, in Room 209, West Block, the Acting Chair, Stan Dromisky, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Stan Dromisky, Raymond Bonin, Jeannot Castonguay, Réal Ménard, Stephen Owen, Hélène Scherrer.
Acting Members present: Preston Manning for James Lunney; Karen Kraft-Sloan for Bonnie Brown; Aileen Carroll for Yvon Charbonneau; Pauline Picard for Diane Bourgeois.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier and Sonya Norris, research officers.
Witnesses: From The Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society: Dr. Arthur Leader, Chief of the Division of Reproductive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Chairman of the Government Relations Committee, CFAS; Dr. Roger Gosden, Research Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, McGill University, Member of the Government Relations Committee, CFAS; Dr. Marie-Claude Léveillé, Director, Clinical Laboratory, The Fertility Centre, Ottawa ON.
The Committee resumed consideration of the draft legislation on Assisted Human Reproduction. (See Minutes of Proceedings dated Thursday, May 3, 2001, Meeting No. 13).
The witnesses made statements and answered questions.
At 1:00 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Gary S. Sokolyk
Clerk of the Committee