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October 29, 2001
9:00 AM Local Time

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
    • Stephen Allen, Member of Commission for Justice and Peace and Co-Chair of the Commission's Ecumenical Health Care (Canadian Council of Churches)
    • Dr. Arif Bhimji (At Work Health Solutions Inc.)
    • Edward Buffett, President and CEO (Buffett Taylor Employee Benefits and Workplace Wellness Consultants)
    • Dr. Joseph Chan, President (Ontario Association of Optometrists)
    • Mary Jo Dunlop, President (Comcare Health Services)
    • Mel Fruitman, President (Consumers' Association of Canada)
    • Peter Goodhand, President (Medical Devices Canada (MEDEC))
    • Jean Jones, Chair of the Health Committee (Consumers' Association of Canada)
    • Dr. Joel Lexchin (Medical Reform Group)
    • Jeffrey Lozon, President and CEO (St. Michael's Hospital)
    • Cheryl Mayer, Director, Cancer Control Programs (Canadian Cancer Society)
    • Gerry McDole, President and CEO (AstraZeneca)
    • Dr. Thomas McGowan, President and Medical Director (Canadian Radiation Oncology Services)
    • Denis Morrice, President and CEO (The Arthritis Society)
    • Gary O'Connor, Executive Director (Association of Ontario Health Centres)
    • Peter O'Neill, Vice-President, Operations (SMARTRISK)
    • Michael Rachlis (As an individual)
    • Walter Robinson, Federal Director (Canadian Taxpayers Federation)
    • Kenneth Sky, President (Ontario Medical Association)
    • Dr. Barbara Whylie, Director, Cancer Control Policy (Canadian Cancer Society)
    • Jeff Wilbee, Executive Director (Alcohol and Drug Recovery Association of Ontario (ADRAO) and Addiction Intervention Association (AIA))
Fairmont Royal York Confederation Room 100 Front Street West, Toronto ON* Link to the notice of this meeting
October 30, 2001
9:00 AM Local Time

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
    • Cameron Crawford, President (Roeher Institute)
    • Michael Decter, Chairman, Board of Directors (Canadian Institute for Health Information)
    • Ron Elliott, President (Canadian Pharmacists Association)
    • Colleen Flood, Professor (University of Toronto)
    • Dr. Bill Gleberzon, Associate Executive Director (Canadian Association of Retired Persons)
    • Doris Grinspun, Executive Director (Registered Nurses Association of Ontario)
    • Donald A. Hurley, President (Medtronic)
    • Jeremiah Hurley, Professor (McMaster University - Department of Economics)
    • Larry Latowsky, President and CEO (Drug Trading Company Limited)
    • David MacKinnon, President and CEO (Ontario Hospital Association)
    • Geoffery Mitchinson, Vice-president, Public Affairs (GlaxoSmithKline)
    • Dr. Cameron Mustard, Professor (University of Toronto - Public Health Science Department)
    • , Witness to follow (Canadian Association for Community Living:)
Fairmont Royal York Confederation Room 100 Front Street West, Toronto ON* Link to the notice of this meeting
October 31, 2001
9:00 AM Local Time

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
    • Dr. Serge Boucher (Hôtel Dieu, Quebec)
    • Dr. Monique Camerlain, President of the Board of Directors (Frosst Health Care Foundation)
    • The Honourable Claude Castonguay (As an individual)
    • Dr. Edwin Coffey, Retired Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Former President of the Quebec Medical Association (Montreal Economic Institute)
    • André-Pierre Contandriopoulos, Professor, Faculty of Medicine - Health Administration (Montréal University)
    • Janet Dunbrack, Executive Director (Frosst Health Care Foundation)
    • Claude Forget, Former Minister of Health, Province of Quebec (As an individual)
    • Nancy Hughes Anthony, President and CEO (Canadian Chamber of Commerce)
    • Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Executive Director (Montreal Economic Institute)
    • Dr. Richard Lessard, Associate Professor Medicine Clinic of the University of Montreal and Member of the National Forum on Health (As an individual)
    • Jean-Luc Migué (As an individual)
    • Michael N. Murphy, Executive Vice-President, Policy (Canadian Chamber of Commerce)
    • Lee Soderstrom, Professor (McGill University - Department of Economics)
    • Gilles Taillon, President (Conseil du patronat du Québec)
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Jolliet Room 900 Rene Levesque Blvd. W., Montreal QC* Link to the notice of this meeting
November 1, 2001
9:00 AM Local Time

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
    • Renaldo Battista, Chief Executive Officer (Agence d'évaluation des technologies et des modes d'intervention en santé)
    • Lucie Bourdon, President (Association québécoise des droits des retraités (AQDR))
    • Mark Daniels, President (Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association)
    • Robert Dorion (As an individual)
    • Dr. André Garon, Deputy Secretary General (Collège des médecins du Québec)
    • Dr. Yves Lamontagne, President (Collège des médecins du Québec)
    • Daniel Lord, Director General (Association des optométristes du Québec)
    • Dr. Terrance Montague, Director of Health Policy (Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.)
    • Régis Paradis, President (Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers auxiliaires du Québec)
    • Kevin Skilton, Director, Policy Planning (Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.)
    • Dr. Margaret Somerville, Director (Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, McGill University)
    • Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, Associate Professor (McGill University, Faculty of Medicine)
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Jolliet Room 900 Rene Levesque Blvd. W., Montreal QC* Link to the notice of this meeting
November 5, 2001
9:00 AM Local Time

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
    • Robert C. Thompson, Deputy Minister
    • Marlene Bayers, Regional Manager (Weight Watchers)
    • Dr. Catherine Donovan (Health and Community Services, Newfoundland)
    • Wayne Lucas, President (Canadian Union of Public Employees, Newfoundland)
    • Karen McGrath, Executive Director of Health and Community Services, St. John's Region (As an individual)
    • Bertha H. Paulse, Chief Executive Officer (The Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation)
    • Maud Peach (As an individual)
    • Patricia Pilgrim, President, St. John's Branch (Victorian Order of Nurses (VON Canada))
    • Sharon Smith, President (Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador)
    • Dr. Roy West, President (St. John's) (The National Cancer Institute of Canada)
Fairmont Newfoundland Fort William Salon A 115 Cavendish Square, St. John's NL Link to the notice of this meeting
November 6, 2001
9:00 AM Local Time

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
    • George D. Anderson, President and CEO (Insurance Bureau of Canada)
    • Maxine Barrett (Nova Scotia Valley Caregivers Support Group)
    • Sharon Batt, Chair (Elizabeth May Chair in Women's Health and the Environment, Dalhousie University)
    • Robert Cook, President and CEO (Nova Scotia Association of Health Organizations)
    • Maura Davies, Vice-President, System Development and Performance (Capital District Health Authority)
    • Dr. Henry Haddad, President (Canadian Medical Association)
    • Heather Henderson, President (Nova Scotia Nurses' Union)
    • Dr. Nuala Kenny, Professor of Pediatrics and Chair, Department of Bioethics (Dalhousie University)
    • Dr. George Kephart, Director, Population Health Research Unit, Department of Community and Epidemiology (Dalhousie University)
    • Paul Kovacs, Senior Vice-President Policy and Chief Economist (Insurance Bureau of Canada)
    • Dr. Vivek Kusumakar, Head, Mood Disorders Research Group, Department of Psychiatry (Dalhousie University)
    • Dr. Desmond Leddin, Head, Division of Gastroenterology (Dalhousie University)
    • Georgia MacNeil, Chairperson (Feminists for Just and Equitable Public Policy)
    • John Malcom, Chief Executive Officer (Cape Breton Regional Health Care Complex)
    • Dr. Mahmood Naqvi, Medical Director, Cape Breton Regional Facility (Cape Breton Regional Health Care Complex)
    • Lawrence Nestman, Professor, School of Health Services Administration (Dalhousie University)
    • Mary Lou O'Reilly, Executive Director (Canadian Coalition Against Insurance Fraud)
    • Thomas Rathwell, Professor and Director, School of Health Services Administration (Dalhousie University)
    • Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine (Dalhousie University)
    • Ryan Sommers (Cobequid Community Health Board)
    • Bill Tholl, C.E.O. and Secretary General
    • Larry Wark, Atlantic Regional Director (Canadian Auto Workers)
    • Dr. Bruce Wright, President (Medical Society of Nova Scotia)
    • Dr. David Zitner, Fellow on Health Policy (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
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November 7, 2001
9:00 AM Local Time

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
    • Élise Arsenault, Director (Centre communautaire Évangéline)
    • Neila Auld, Executive Director (PEI Pharmacy Board)
    • The Honourable Jamie Ballem, Minister (Department of Health and Social Services of Prince Edward Island)
    • Deborah Bradley, Manager of Public Health Policy (Department of Health and Social Services, PEI)
    • Jean Doherty, Communications Coordinator (Department of Health and Social Services of Prince Edward Island)
    • Ken Ezeard, Chief Executive Officer (West Prince Regional Health Authority)
    • Kathleen Flanagan-Rochon, Community Services Coordinator (Department of Health and Social Services, PEI)
    • Rory Francis, Deputy Minister (Department of Health and Social Services of Prince Edward Island)
    • Betty Fraser, Chief Executive Officer (Southern Kings Health Authority)
    • Bill Harper, Assistant Deputy Minister (Department of Health and Social Services of Prince Edward Island)
    • Heather Henry-MacDonald, Chair (PEI Seniors Advisory Council)
    • Mary Hughes-Power, Director of Acute and Continuing Care (Department of Health and Social Services, PEI)
    • Dr. Stan Kutcher, Associate Dean of International Medical Development and Head, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology/Psychiatry (Dalhousie University)
    • Kay Lewis, Project Coordinator (New East Prince Health Facility)
    • Dr. Don Ling, Director of Medical Services (Department of Health and Social Services, PEI)
    • Donalda MacDonald, President (Canadian Union of Public Employees, PEI Division)
    • Susan Maynard, Senior Health Planner (Department of Health and Social Services, PEI)
    • Dr. Alain Pavilanis, President (College of Family Physicians of Canada)
    • Sylvia Poirier, Chair (Queens Regional Health Authority)
    • David Riley, Chief Executive Officer (East Prince Regional Health Authority)
    • Iain Smith, Drug Utilization Coordinator (Queen Elizabeth Hospital)
Delta Prince Edward Pekeha Room 18 Queen Street, Charlottetown PE Link to the notice of this meeting
November 8, 2001
9:00 AM Local Time

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
    • Susan Barton, President (Canadian Union of Public Employees, New Brunswick)
    • Ronald Brun, President, Committee on Health (Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick)
    • Dr. Margaret Dykeman (University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Nursing)
    • Bryan Ferguson, Partner (Applied Management)
    • Michael Gallagher, Corporal, Drug Section (Miramichi Police Force)
    • Rex G. Guy, National President (Federal Superannuates National Association)
    • Bob Jackson, President (Canadian Snowbird Association)
    • Sandra Keon, Secretary Treasurer; Vice-President, Clinical Programs at Pembroke Hospital (Catholic Health Association of Canada)
    • Dr. Russell King, former Minister of Health, Province of New Brunswick (As an individual)
    • Armand Lecouffe, President (New Brunswick Senior Citizens Federation Inc.)
    • William Morrissey, Former Deputy Minister of Health, New Brunswick (As an individual)
    • Sherry Porter, Atlantic Canada Representative (Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores)
    • Robert Simpson, Chief Executive Officer (New Brunswick Health Care Association)
    • Nelson Solomon, Director of Health (Union of New Brunswick Indians)
    • Roxanne Tarjan, Director General (Nurses Association of New Brunswick)
Sheraton Fredericton 225 Woodstock Road, Fredericton NB Link to the notice of this meeting
November 28, 2001
3:30 PM

When the Senate rises but not before time shown above.
  • The state of the health care system in Canada
Room 705, Victoria Building 140 Wellington Street Link to the notice of this meeting
November 29, 2001
11:00 AM

  • The state of the health care system in Canada
Room 705, Victoria Building 140 Wellington Street Link to the notice of this meeting
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