REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE |
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
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 the estimates and legislation referred to it, reports pursuant to Rule 104 of the Rules of the Senate, that the expenses incurred by the Committee during the First Session of the Thirty-Eighth Parliament are as follows:
1. With respect to its consideration of estimates and legislation:
| Professional and Other Services |
$ 55,378.64 |
| Transport and Communications | $ 18,959.07 |
| Other Expenditures | $ 0.00 |
| Witness Expenses | $ 5,495.63 |
| Total | $ 79,833.34 |
Your Committee held 49 meetings, during which it heard 129 witnesses and presented 18 reports during the session. The Committee examined 9 bills: C-24, C-8, C-30, C-33, C-45, C-9, C-43, C-48, and C-11.
It reviewed the Main Estimates for 2004-2005 and for 2005-2006, as well as Supplementary Estimates for these years. In total, eight reports were presented on the Estimates, including an interim report on the Main Estimates 2005-2006 regarding the funding of Foundations and another regarding the budgets of the Officers of Parliament.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH A. DAY
Chair