The Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

has the honour to present its

ELEVENTH REPORT

Pursuant to its authority under Rule 86(1)(f), your Committee is pleased to report as follows:  

    That the Senators Attendance Policy be amended by replacing subsections 5(2) and (3) with the following:

Medical certificate

  (2) For each consecutive sitting day in the session beyond six to be registered as a day of illness, a medical certificate must be submitted to the Clerk; the certificate may serve for one or more sitting days within a period of up to three calendar months.

Subsequent certificates

(3) Where a Senator has submitted a medical certificate, all absences for illness during the following twelve calendar months for a  period  beyond  six  consecutive sitting days must be  substantiated with  a certificate to be obtained from a medical doctor designated by the Clerk; the certificate may serve for one or more sitting days within a period of up to three calendar months.

Respectfully submitted

Lorna Milne
Chair