Evidence of meeting #5 for Status of Women in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was budgeting.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Lisa Philipps  Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Kathleen Lahey  Professor, Institute of Women's Studies, Queens University
Clara Morgan  Committee Researcher
Lyne Casavant  Committee Researcher
Clerk of the Committee  Ms. Danielle Bélisle

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB

There's some overlap there, Madam Chair.

Mary Eberts, whom you read out, in fact, acts for the Native Women's Association. Karen Busby, who is there from the University of Manitoba, has done some interventions with the court challenges program on behalf of LEAF.

November 28th, 2007 / 5:15 p.m.

Liberal

Irwin Cotler Liberal Mount Royal, QC

So has Kathleen Mahoney, who is also acting on behalf of LEAF.

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Okay.

Ms. Davidson.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Patricia Davidson Conservative Sarnia—Lambton, ON

I had another name that I wanted to put forward. It's Beth Atcheson. She's the former chair of LEAF. I can give the clerk her coordinates.

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

She's the former chair of LEAF. There are two other LEAF people as well.

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Liberal

Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB

They have different perspectives.

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Okay. Perspectives are good. We need perspectives.

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Liberal

Maria Minna Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

That seems like a good list. So why don't we start with that?

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

Yes, it is a good list, and what we could do is have two meetings and you can--

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

Anita Neville Liberal Winnipeg South Centre, MB

We may not all be available.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

No? Okay.

We will let the clerk look after this.

5:15 p.m.

The Clerk

We get who we can on December 4, and then we can all deal with this.

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

If you have more names, and if they are not duplicates, since we have the list....

Is there anything we need to discuss further? No.

The meeting is adjourned.