HUMA Committee Report
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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Thursday, May 17, 2001
(Meeting No. 26)
The Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities met in camera at 9:07 a.m. this day, in Room 306, West Block, the Chair, Peter Adams, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Peter Adams, Jeannot Castonguay, Paul Crête, Raymonde Folco, Judi Longfield, Joe McGuire and Carol Skelton.
Acting Members present: Paul Macklin for Alan Tonks, Mark EyKing for Georges Farrah, Yvon Godin for Libby Davies and at 10:03 a.m. David Pratt for Diane St-Jacques.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Kevin Kerr, Julie Mackenzie and Bill Young, research officers.
The Committee resumed consideration of its draft report on Employment Insurance.
It was agreed, — That the draft report (as amended) on Employment Insurance be adopted as the third report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
It was agreed, — That, subject to the Chair's approval, the opposition parties submit by noon Tuesday, May 23, 2001 footnotes on a few crucial points related to the matters covered in the Committee's report.
It was agreed, — That the Clerk be authorized to make such editorial and typographical changes as necessary without changing the substance of the report.
It was agreed, — That the Chair be authorized to table the report to the House.
It was agreed, — That the Committee print 250 copies of its third report in a tumble bilingual format.
It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to the report within one hundred and fifty (150) days.
It was agreed, — That a press release be prepared and sent immediately upon tabling of the report in the House.
It was agreed, — That a press conference be arranged immediately following tabling of the report in the House.
At 11:16 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Danielle Belisle
Clerk of the Committee