Health Committee on Feb. 14th, 2012

Evidence of meeting #28 for Health in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was corneal.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-313, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses)

MPs speaking

Joy Smith
Patricia Davidson
Dany Morin
Anne Minh-Thu Quach
Colin Carrie
Hedy Fry
Kelly Block
Libby Davies
Patrick Brown
Djaouida Sellah
David Tilson

Also speaking

Don Boyer  Acting Director, Medical Devices Bureau, Department of Health
Dana Cooper  Director, Government Relations and Public Affairs, Canadian Association of Optometrists
Jennifer Brunet-Colvey  Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Ophthalmological Society
Peter J. Agapitos  Representative, Canadian Ophthalmological Society, and Chief, Department of Ophthamology, Ottawa Hospital
Desmond Fonn  Representative, Canadian Association of Optometrists, and Founding Director, Centre for Contact Lens Research, University of Waterloo
Lorne Kashin  Vice-President, Opticians Association of Canada
Janice Schmidt  Advisor, Opticians Association of Canada
Sonya Norris  Committee Researcher

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Shall the chair report the bill as amended to the House?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill as amended for the use of the House at report stage?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Congratulations. I think this is the only time this year we have actually been done before the end of committee. I want to congratulate you. And congratulations, Mrs. Davidson.

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Some hon. members

Hear, hear!

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

The meeting is adjourned.