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

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL KIRBY

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Thursday, June 14, 2001

Issue No. 23

Twenty-second meeting on: The state of the health care system in Canada

• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (58K)

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WITNESSES:

(By videoconference)

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

Christine Schmidt, Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation;

Ariel Winter, Analyst;

Tanya Alteras, Analyst.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Michael Kirby, Chair

The Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cohen, Cook, Cordy, Fairbairn, P.C., Graham, P.C., * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Morin, Robertson, Roche

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Morin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pépin (June 14, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Pépin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Finestone, P.C. (June 14, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Callbeck substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Morin (June 14, 2001).

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