Health committee  I just want to clarify one thing. It was from the president, unfortunately, that I didn't feel respect; it wasn't from other board members. I just wanted to clarify that for you.

Health committee  Yes. There was an instance when Health Canada presented its plan for regulations on embryo transfer, and the board expressed serious concerns about their plan. And at this time there was board consensus favouring a more restrictive policy that was more in step with current scienc

Health committee  In terms of the particular board members, we certainly had different views on different subjects. It was never an issue. We respected each other's viewpoints and were able to discuss it. That was absolutely not an issue from my perspective at all.

Health committee  I can point to one example. When I was actually asking about the contract that we were talking about on the feasibility of altruistic embryo donation, at the time the president was making all these negative body language things. I had to ask her to please stop making all that neg

Health committee  I can only speak for myself. I can't say that everybody in the room felt like that. I said it publicly in a board meeting. I asked the president to stop using negative body language. But I can't speak for other people.

Health committee  My background is in women's health. I worked previously at Planned Parenthood and was the director of women's health at Hamilton Health Sciences' hospitals and then was in policy in government organizations. That's my background, and that is what I brought to the board.

Health committee  I don't believe there are with the same kind of women's health background. As to policy, maybe some people have some policy. I don't believe they have governmental process policy backgrounds.

Health committee  We were told originally that the three consulting contracts were for HR, corporate services, and one company; and then, when it was at $1,722,300, that....

Health committee  The slides, yes; but the budget....

Health committee  Not really. I don't have that.... It was “other professional services” and “consultants”, including temporary help. No, it was just a line in the spreadsheet that was $1,722,300. The agency didn't have a lot of full-time equivalents, so they used a lot of consultants. That's

Health committee  We were being shown, for 2008-09, government planning and priorities, I believe, what you have to submit to the government. It's like an overall sort of roundup of numbers by program. They're just the top numbers. That's what we were shown for 2008-09.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  The vote for the 2009-10 budget was done on a teleconference, and as I said in my resignation letter, I did vote in favour of that budget. I did it with some misgivings, hoping that the scrutiny that was given to the budget would ensure that the agency would be more forthcoming w

Health committee  I brought up the issues all along. I have them all documented in e-mails.

Health committee  I'm sorry?