Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable KELVIN KENNETH OGILVIE
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Issue No. 29
Second (final) meeting:
Bill S-214, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (cruelty-free cosmetics)
First (final) meeting:
Bill S-210, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Civil
Marriage Act and the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
INCLUDING:
THE SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-214, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (cruelty-free cosmetics))
THE SEVENTEENTH REPORT
OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-210, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Civil Marriage Act and the Criminal Codeand to make consequential amendments to other Acts)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Cosmetics Alliance Canada:
Darren Praznik, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Laura Gomez, Legal Counsel, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP.
Health Canada:
Geoff Barrett, Director, Risk Management Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch;
Emily Contreras, Unit Head, Cosmetics, Risk Management Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
The Honourable Senator Mobina S.B. Jaffer, sponsor of the bill.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, Chair
The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Cormier, Day, Dean, Frum, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Hartling, Jaffer, Mégie, Neufeld, Omidvar, Petitcle, Seidman, *Smith (or Martin), Stewart Olsen
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Jaffer was added to the membership (October 5, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Dyck was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (October 5, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Dyck was added to the membership (October 2, 2017).