The committee met at 1604 in committee room 1.

DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES STRATEGY

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): Good afternoon, everyone. It’s great to see the committee reconvening. Today, we’re meeting primarily to consider report writing, but before we do that, there are a number of items that I would like to bring to the committee’s attention.

I would actually like to start, before doing that, with thanking our research department for all of the work that they have done, and for delivering the draft interim report. I think that all the committee members feel the same, so thank you. You did the work in a very short time, and it’s done very well. Thank you so much.

To deal with some of the items that could be considered sort of cleanup for the committee, could I ask if we have consent to go into closed session? Is that agreed? Yes, Ms. DiNovo?

Ms. Cheri DiNovo: Yes, that’s fine.

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): Just agreeing?

Ms. Cheri DiNovo: That’s fine.

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): Okay. Thank you. For the remainder of the meeting, or just for a few minutes?

Miss Monique Taylor: You called it. What do you need?

The Chair (Mrs. Laura Albanese): We’ll go into closed session, and then the committee may reconsider later on. Thank you.

The committee continued in closed session at 1606.

CONTENTS

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Developmental services strategy DS-559

SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES

Chair / Présidente

Mrs. Laura Albanese (York South–Weston / York-Sud–Weston L)

Vice-Chair / Vice-Présidente

Mrs. Christine Elliott (Whitby–Oshawa PC)

Mrs. Laura Albanese (York South–Weston / York-Sud–Weston L)

Mr. Bas Balkissoon (Scarborough–Rouge River L)

Ms. Cheri DiNovo (Parkdale–High Park ND)

Mrs. Christine Elliott (Whitby–Oshawa PC)

Ms. Mitzie Hunter (Scarborough–Guildwood L)

Mr. Rod Jackson (Barrie PC)

Ms. Sylvia Jones (Dufferin–Caledon PC)

Miss Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain ND)

Ms. Soo Wong (Scarborough–Agincourt L)

Substitutions / Membres remplaçants

Mr. Jack MacLaren (Carleton–Mississippi Mills PC)

Clerk / Greffier

Mr. Trevor Day

Staff / Personnel

Ms. Erica Simmons, research officer,
Research Services

Ms. Heather Webb, research officer,
Research Services