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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION


EVIDENCE

Standing Committee
on

ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Charles Caccia

Meeting No. 36

Tuesday, October 8, 1996


ORDER OF THE DAY:

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), consideration of the Topic of Biotechnology

WITNESSES:

Roundtable No. 1: Biotechnology: Product, Process and Risk

Canadian Institute of Biotechnology:

Rick Walter, Executive Director.

Consumers' Association of Canada:

Chris Mitchler, Chairman, National Food Committee.

Department of Environment Canada:

Dr. Terry McIntyre, Manager, Clean Air Technologies.

Environmental Law Centre (Alberta Society):

Howard Samoil, Staff Counsel.

National Agriculture Environment Committee:

Jeff Wilson, Vice-Chair.

National Research Council:

Dr. Roland Brousseau, Group Leader, Environmental Genetics, Bio-Environment.

Dr. Wilf Keller, Senior Researcher, Brassica Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology

Institute.

Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology:

Professor R. Campbell Wyndham, Director.

Toronto Food Policy Council:

Dr. Rod MacRae, Research Coordinator, Public Health.

University of Guelph:

Professor Jack Trevors, Department of Environmental Biology.

Roundtable No. 2: Biotechnology: Product, Process and Risk

AgrEvo Canada:

Margaret Gadsby, Director, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs.

Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy:

Dr. Mark Winfield, Research Director.

Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food:

Dr. Arthur Olson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Food Production and Inspection Branch.

Department of Environment Canada:

Ed Norena, Director General, Environmental Technologies, Advancement Division.

Department of Health:

Paul Mayers, Head, Office of Food Biotechnology, Health Protection Branch.

Department of Industry:

George Michaliszyn, Director and Manager, Chemical and Bio-Industries Branch.

Fédération nationale des associations de consommateurs du Québec:

Richard Dagenais, Researcher.

Queen's University:

Professor William Leiss, Professor of Policy Studies and Eco-Research Chair in

Environmental Policy.

University of Waterloo:

Professor Conrad Brunk, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Conrad Grebel College.

Individual:

Dr. Glennis Lewis, Consultant, Lewis Consulting.

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