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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE Thursday, October 7, 2004

 The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

has the honour to table its

FIRST REPORT


Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such legislation and other matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to Rule 104, that the expenses incurred by the Committee during the Third Session of the Thirty-seventh Parliament are as follows:

1. With respect to its examination and consideration of legislation:
 

Professional Services $ 446
Transportation $    -
Other, Miscellaneous $    -

Total $ 446

Witness expenses $ 5,042

 

2. With respect to its study on issues relating to energy, the environment and natural resources:

Professional Services $ 10,069
Transportation $ 14,062
Other, Miscellaneous $    -

Total $ 24,131

Witness expenses $    -


Your Committee notes that witness expenses are not paid out of the budgets of individual committees.

During the Third Session of the Thirty-Seventh Parliament, your Committee reviewed three (3) bills (C-28, C‑260, and S-8), conducted a special study, met 13 times, totaling 11.4 hours, tabled or presented a total of 6 reports, and heard 11 witnesses.

On February 10, 2004, your Committee received an order of reference to examine emerging issues related to its mandate. Under this order of reference, the Committee continued its study of specific aspects of the government’s plans for implementing the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, the Committee chose to focus on the One-Tonne Challenge, the government’s call for each individual Canadian to reduce his or her emissions of greenhouse gases by one tonne per year. The Committee met in camera to study draft reports.

The work of the Committee on the special study was interrupted by the dissolution of Parliament before a report could be tabled in the Senate.

Respectfully submitted,

TOMMY BANKS
Chair


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