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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 20
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
The
Standing Committee on Finance met at 1:20 p.m. this day, in Toronto at the
Toronto Congress Centre in Gordon Pinsent 1-2-3 room, the Chair, Sue Barnes,
presiding.
Members
of the Committee present: Sue Barnes, The Hon. Maria Minna, Pierre Paquette, Charlie Penson,
Tony Valeri.
In attendance: From the Research Branch of the
Library of Parliament: Blayne Haggart, Marc-André Pigeon, Research
Officers. From the Committees Directorate: Marc-Olivier Girard,
Committee Clerk.
Witnesses: From the Canadian Housing and
Renewal Association: Dr. John Metson, President; Reid Rossi, Executive
Director. From the Canadian Tooling and Machining Association: James D.
Bowman, Vice President; Robert Cattle, Director. From the Evergreen Commons
Grounds: Barbara Heidenreich, Manager, Land Trust; Stewart Chisholm,
Manager, Capacity building and Education. From the Multiple Sclerosis
Society of Canada: Deanna Groetzinger, Vice-President, Communications. From
the Nature Conservancy Canada: John Lounds, President; Thea Silver,
Director of Government Relations. From the Ontario Coalition for Better
Child Care Network: Kira Heineck, Public Education Coordinator; Cheryl
DeGras, Executive Director. From the ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.:
Milfred Hammerbacher, President, Speral Solar Power Inc.. From the Canadian
Cancer Society: Julie White, Chief Executive Officer. From the Canadian
Institute of Public and Private Real Estate Companies: Ian Bacque,
Director, Government Relations. From the Health Charities Council of Canada:
Fiona Chapman, Executive Member; Chris Higgins, Director. From the Heart and
Stroke Foundation of Canada: Carolyn Brooks, President; Sally Brown,
Executive Director and CEO. From the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association:
Robin Campbell, Executive Director. From the As Individual: Donald
Johnson.
. Pursuant
to Standing Order 83.1, the Committee continued its pre-budget discussions.
Dr. John
Metson, James D. Bowman, Stewart Chisholm, Barbara Heidenreich, Deanna
Groetzinger, John Lounds, Kira Heineck, Cheryl DeGras, each made a statement
and answered questions.
At 2:46
p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 3:00
p.m., the sitting resumed.
Julie White, Ian Bacque,
Milfred Hammerbacher, Fiona Chapman, Carolyn Brooks, Robin Campbell, Donald
Johnson, each made a statement and answered questions.
At 4:47 p.m., the Committee
adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Richard Dupuis
Clerk of the Committee