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Meeting No. 14
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
TUESDAY, December 2nd, 1997
The Special Joint Committee on the Amendment to Term 17 of the Terms of Union of Newfoundland met in camera at 3:40 p.m., this day, in room 356-S, the Co-Chairs, Joyce Fairbairn and Gerry Byrne, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Pierre Brien, Gerry Byrne, Paul DeVillers, Michelle Dockrill, Raymonde Folco, Joe McGuire, Rey Pagtakhan, Werner Schmidt.
Acting Members present: Mauril Bélanger for Claudette Bradshaw.
Representing the Senate: William C. Doody, Joyce Fairbairn, Noel A. Kinsella, Landon Pearson, William Rompkey.
In attendance: From the Committees and Private Legislation Directorate of the Senate: Blair Armitage, Co-Clerk of the Special Joint Committee. From the Parliamentary Research Branch: Mollie Dunsmuir and Jack Stillborn, Research Officers.
Pursuant to the Orders of Reference adopted by the Senate on November 5, 1997 and by the House of Commons on October 28, 1997, the Committee met to consider matters related to the proposed resolution respecting a proposed Amendment to Term 17 of the Terms of Union of Newfoundland with Canada concerning the Newfoundland school system.
The Committee considered its draft report.
At 3:40 p.m. – The sitting was suspended.
At 4:47 p.m. – The sitting resumed.
At 6:30 p.m. – The sitting was suspended.
At 7:45 p.m. – The sitting resumed.
At 8:14 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
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