Industry Committee on Feb. 27th, 2007

Evidence of meeting #48 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was risq.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Deregulation of telecommunications

MPs speaking

Also speaking

John Meldrum Vice-President, Corporate Counsel and Regulatory Affairs, SaskTel

Wendy Sol Administrative Vice-President, CEP Western Regions, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada

Michel Vanier Chief Executive Officer, Réseau d'informations scientifiques du Québec

Daniel Krewski Professor and Director, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa

5:10 p.m.

NDP

Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON

I have just one quick question, Mr. Chair.

Is your study including the same thing with regard to telecommunications through a BlackBerry, say, for electronic messaging, text messaging, or is it just through auditory functions on these?

5:10 p.m.

Professor and Director, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa

Prof. Daniel Krewski

It focuses exclusively on mobile phones, analog and digital, the difference being the power output of those two types of phones. And I believe we are collecting information in the questionnaire about cordless phones, although the exposures there are of much, much less concern than from mobile phones.

5:15 p.m.

NDP

Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON

So that will probably come at a later date, if someone will look at that.

5:15 p.m.

Professor and Director, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa

Prof. Daniel Krewski

That technology is newer than when we actually initiated the study back in 1997.

5:15 p.m.

NDP

Brian Masse NDP Windsor West, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Thank you, Mr. Masse.

Thank you very much for coming in and being with us here today. As I mentioned to the other witnesses, if there's anything further you'd like the committee to reflect upon, please do submit that to the clerk.

Mr. Krewski, I want to clarify the website you gave us, just so we have that on record. What was the website information you gave us?

5:15 p.m.

Professor and Director, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa

Prof. Daniel Krewski

It's www.rfcom.ca.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Rajotte

Okay, thank you.

Thank you very much for being with us. We have certainly appreciated your time.

Members, the meeting is adjourned.