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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 24
Wednesday,
September 26, 2001
The
Standing Committee on Health met at 3:42 p.m. this day, in Room 306, West
Block, the Chair, Bonnie Brown, presiding.
Members of the
Committee present: André Bachand, Ray Bonin, Bonnie Brown, Jeannot Castonguay, Yvon
Charbonneau, Stan Dromisky, James Lunney, Réal Ménard, Rob Merrifield, Carolyn
Parrish, MS Hélène Scherrer and Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
Acting Members
present:
Ivan Grose for Judy Sgro, Ovid Jackson for Stephen Owen, Preston Manning for
Diane Ablonczy and Pauline Picard for Diane Bourgeois.
In attendance: From the Library of
Parliament: François Côté, Nancy Miller Chenier, Sonya Norris, research
officers.
Witnesses: From the Department of Health:
Rhonda Ferderber, Director, Special Projects Division, Policy, Planning and
Priorities Directorate, Health Policy and Communications Branch; Francine
Manseau, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Policy and Communications Branch,
Special Projects Division. From the Department of Justice: Glenn Rivard,
Counsel, Legal Services.
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 committee resumed
debate on the motion of Stan Dromisky, -- That the vote on the motion be
deferred until another date.
The Chair ruled
that the motion was in order.
The question was
put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS:
Raymond Bonin
Jeannot Castonguay
Yvon Charbonneau
Stan Dromisky
Ivan Grose
Ovid Jackson
Carolyn Parrish
Hélène Scherrer – (8)
NAYS:
André Bachand
James Lunney
Preston Manning
Rob Merrifield
Pauline Picard
Judy Wasylycia-Leis – (6)
The witnesses each
made a statement and answered questions.
At 5:31 p.m., the
Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Gary
S. Sokolyk
Clerk of the Committee