Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable CHANTAL PETITCLERC
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Issue No. 49
Seventeenth meeting:
Examine and report on issues relating to social affairs, science and technology generally
First and second (final) meetings:
Bill S-248, An Act respecting National Physicians' Day
First (final) meeting:
Bill S-244, An Act respecting Kindness Week
INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-248, An Act respecting National Physicians' Day)
THE TWENTY-NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-244, An Act respecting Kindness Week)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
National Association of Friendship Centres:
Dakota Laliberte, Aboriginal Youth Council Representative.
As an individual:
The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., former senator, former sponsor of the bill (by video conference).
Canadian Medical Association:
Dr. Sandy Buchman, President-Elect.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
The Honourable Senator Jim Munson, sponsor of the bill.
Kind Canada Généreux:
Rabbi Reuven Bulka, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Machzikei Hadas;
Jeff Turner, Vice President and Chief Development Officer;
Jennifer Levine, Volunteer.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Chantal Petitclerc, Chair
The Honourable Judith G. Seidman, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Cordy, Dasko, *Day (or Mercer), Doyle, Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Manning, Mégie, Munson, Omidvar, Poirier, Ravalia, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (October 25, 2018).