Past Session:

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996

Chair: The Honourable MABEL M. DeWARE

Thursday, October 24, 1996

Issue No. 12

First and only meeting on: The examination of the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations made under section 153 of the Employment Insurance Act and approved on September 17, 1996.

INCLUDING: SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

WITNESSES:

From the Department of Human Resources Development:

Norine Smith, Assistant Deputy Minister;

Gordon McFee, Acting Director General, Insurance Policy;

Mike Wood, Senior Policy Analyst, U.I. Policy Analysis.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Mabel M. DeWare, Chair

The Honourable Peter Bosa, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Bonnell, Cohen, Comeau, Cools, *Fairbairn, P.C. (or Graham), Forest, Forrestall, Gigantès, Haidasz, P.C., Losier-Cool, *Lynch-Staunton (or Berntson), Perreault, P.C., Simard

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in Membership of the Committee

Pursuant to Rule 85(4), membership of the Committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Simard substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Phillips. (October 24, 1996)

The name of the Honourable Senator Forrestall substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Andreychuk. (October 24, 1996)

The name of the Honourable Senator Comeau substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Lavoie-Roux. (October 24, 1996)

The name of the Honourable Senator Forest substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Moore. (October 24, 1996)

The name of the Honourable Senator Haidasz substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Landry. (October 24, 1996)

The name of the Honourable Senator Cools substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercier. (October 24, 1996)

The name of the Honourable Senator Gigantès substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Forest. (October 24, 1996)