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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

THURSDAY, March 20, 2003

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

has the honour to present its

TWELFTH REPORT


The current travel policy for Senate committees includes the following: 

Members of a travelling committee and their staff are entitled, for travel within and outside Canada, to a per diem equivalent to the Treasury Board rate or actual expenses accompanied by original receipts. 

This policy was adopted in the 38th Report of the Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration on March 29, 1990. It was adopted by the Senate on May 1, 1990. 

The current policy has no upper limit or restrictions, seriously compromising accountability. 

Your Committee recommends that the policy be amended as follows, to bring in it line with Treasury Board policy:   

Where a traveller incurs meal costs that are higher than the established meal allowances in situations outside the traveller's control, the actual and reasonable expenses incurred shall be reimbursed, based on original receipts.

  Such a change would improve the policy by allowing a reasonable level of flexibility, while increasing accountability. 

Respectfully submitted,

LISE BACON
Chair


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