REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE |
THURSDAY, December 5, 2002 |
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
has the honour to present its
SECOND REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, October 29, 2002, to examine issues affecting urban Aboriginal youth in Canada, respectfully requests that it be empowered to engage the services of such counsel and technical, clerical and other personnel as may be necessary, and to adjourn from place to place in Canada, for the purpose of its examination.
Pursuant to Section 2:07 of the Procedural Guidelines for the Financial Operation of Senate Committees, the budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that Committee are appended to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
THELMA CHALIFOUX
Chair
STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL
PEOPLES
SPECIAL STUDY ON URBAN ABORIGINAL YOUTH
APPLICATION
FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2003
The Honourable Senator Chalifoux moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Milne:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, pursuant to the input it has received from urban Aboriginal people and organizations, be authorized to examine and report upon issues affecting urban Aboriginal youth in Canada. In particular, the Committee shall be authorized to examine access, provision and delivery of services; policy and jurisdictional issues; employment and education; access to economic opportunities; youth participation and empowerment; and other related matters;
That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject and the work accomplished by the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples during the First Session of the Thirty-seventh Parliament be referred to the Committee; and
That the Committee report to the Senate no later than June 27, 2003.
The question being
put on the motion, it was adopted.
Paul
C. Bélisle
Clerk of the Senate
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICES | $ 38,650 |
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS | $ 125,809 |
OTHER EXPENDITURES | $ 5,000 |
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TOTAL | $ 169,459 |
The
above budget was approved by the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
on November 26, 2002.
The
undersigned or an alternate will be in attendance on the date that this budget
is considered.
Date |
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Senator Thelma J. Chalifoux, Chair, Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples |
Date |
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Chairman,
Standing Committee on Internal Economy Budgets and Administration |
EXPLANATION
OF COST ELEMENTS
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICES |
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1.
Professional
Services (0402) Communications
consultant (30 days @ $500) |
$ 15,000 |
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2.
Reporting and Transcribing Services for Public Hearings in Canada
(0403) (Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg) (3 days of testimony @ $2,150 per day) (French Reporter – Attendance fee (3 days @ $400 per day)) Subtotal 3.
Translation and Interpretation Services for Public Hearings in
Canada (0412) (Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg) |
$ 6,450 $ 1,200 $ 7,650 $ 9,000 |
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4.
Working meals (0415) (20 lunches and dinners @ $350) |
$ 7,000 |
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TOTAL |
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$
38,650 |
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS |
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|
1.
Travel expenses (0201) |
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12 Senators 3 Committee staff (Clerk, Administrative Assistant, Communications Consultant) 1 Researcher 1 Stenographer 3 Interpreters 20 Participants |
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(a) Air
Transportation |
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(Ottawa-Vancouver-Edmonton-Winnipeg-Ottawa) (12 Senators @ $4,730 + 8 staff @ $4,180) |
$90,200 |
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(b) Ground
Transportation |
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6 taxis @ $25 X 20 people Minibus rental Subtotal |
$ 3,500 $
2,000 $ 5,500 |
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(c)
Per Diem |
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|
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7 days @ $69.35 per day for 20 people |
$ 9,709 |
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(d) Hotel
Accommodations |
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2 nights Vancouver @ $160 per person x 20 people |
$ 6,400 |
|
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2 nights Edmonton @ $150 per person x 20 people |
$ 6,000 |
|
|
2 nights Winnipeg @ $150 per person x 20 people |
$ 6,000 |
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2.
Courier Services (0213) |
$
2,000 |
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|
|
|
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TOTAL |
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$125,809 |
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ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES |
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1.
Meeting room rentals (0500) |
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(Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg) |
$
3,000 |
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2.
Miscellaneous (0799) |
$
2,000 |
|
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TOTAL |
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$
5,000 |
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GRAND TOTAL |
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$169,459 |
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The
Senate administration has reviewed this budget application.
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_________________________________________________
Date
Heather Lank, Principal Clerk of Committees
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Date
Richard Ranger, Director of Finance
APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT
Thursday,
December 5, 2002
The
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined
the budget presented to it by the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal
Peoples for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2003 for the purpose of its Special Study on Urban Aboriginal Youth, as
authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, October 29, 2002.
The approved budget is as follows: