Industry Committee on March 10th, 2009

Evidence of meeting #7 for Industry, Science and Technology in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was corporation.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-4, An Act respecting not-for-profit corporations and certain other corporations

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Cathy Barr Vice-President, Operations, Imagine Canada

Pam Aung Thin National Director, Public Affairs and Government Relations, Canadian Red Cross Society

Alan Reid General Counsel, Canadian Red Cross Society

Susan Manwaring Partner, Miller Thomson LLP, Imagine Canada

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National Director, Public Affairs and Government Relations, Canadian Red Cross Society

Pam Aung Thin

Can you translate the term “mutualiste” for us?

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Bloc

Robert Bouchard Bloc Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC

I think it kind of means co-operative or mutual.

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National Director, Public Affairs and Government Relations, Canadian Red Cross Society

Pam Aung Thin

Are you talking about a multilateral system?

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Bloc

Robert Bouchard Bloc Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC

I cannot translate the word, but I saw it in the translated version.

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General Counsel, Canadian Red Cross Society

Alan Reid

Is your concern with some of the organizations that we work with in delivering, with other organizations that we might “partner” with in doing our humanitarian work? Is that the concept that you're expressing?

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Bloc

Robert Bouchard Bloc Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC

It is specifically to do with categories of organizations.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

I feel that “mutualiste“ is the equivalent of the English “co-operative“. There are a lot of organizations like that in the country.

There are lots of co-ops throughout--

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General Counsel, Canadian Red Cross Society

Alan Reid

Who are governed, usually provincially, by other legislation.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

That's right.

I think Monsieur Bouchard is referring, when he talks about

the word “mutualiste“,

to those co-ops that have incorporated or formed under provincial law.

That's just to clarify.

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General Counsel, Canadian Red Cross Society

Alan Reid

I don't see that this legislation will really have any effect on any relationship such as that. I mean, unless I'm misunderstanding you, I don't feel a concern around your question.

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Bloc

Robert Bouchard Bloc Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC

Okay, that is fine.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Do you have another question, Mr. Bouchard?

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Bloc

Robert Bouchard Bloc Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC

No, that is fine.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

Thank you.

Our questions and comments from members will end here.

Thank you very much to our four witnesses for appearing today. We thank you for your testimony. It has been helpful.

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A voice

Thank you.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Michael Chong

We're going to adjourn the meeting. We have votes at 5:30 p.m.

This meeting is adjourned.