| REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE |
Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications
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(2), that the expenses incurred by the committee during the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament are as follows:
1. With respect to its studies of legislation:
| Transport and Communications | $68,481 |
| Professional and Other Services | 9,371 |
| All other expenditures | 3,180 |
| Witness Expenses | 600 |
| Total |
$81,632 |
2. With respect to its study of the containerized freight traffic handled by Canada’s ports:
| Transport and Communications | $1,864 |
| Professional and Other Services | - |
| All other expenditures | - |
| Witness Expenses | - |
| Total |
$1,864 |
In addition to the expenses for the examination of legislation and for its special study as set out above, the committee also incurred general postal charges in the amount of $103.
During the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament, your committee received 5 orders of reference, held 19 meetings, heard more than 29 hours of testimony from 57 witnesses and submitted 7 reports in relation to its work.
During the second session, your committee completed its examination of containerized freight traffic in Canada’s ports. In addition to hearing witnesses in Ottawa, members of the committee visited the ports of Halifax and Prince Rupert.
Your committee also re-considered a user fee proposal concerning new fees for services provided by Industry Canada relating to telecommunications and radio apparatus.
In addition to these special studies, your committee also dealt with Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (railway transportation) (reported without amendment on February 14, 2008); Bill C-23, An Act to amend the Canada Marine Act, the Canada Transportation Act, the Pilotage Act and other Acts in consequence (reported without amendment on June 4, 2008) and Bill S-221, An Act concerning personal watercraft in navigable waters, which your committee did not report before the end of the session.
Respectfully submitted,
LISE BACON
Chair