The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

has the honour to table its

FIRST REPORT

Your committee, which was authorised 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 your committee during the Third Session of the Fortieth Parliament are as follows:

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

2.       With respect to a special study on current social issues pertaining to Canada’s largest cities: 

3.       With respect to a special study on access to post-secondary education in Canada: 

4.       With respect to a special study on Canada's pandemic preparedness:

In addition to the expenses for the examination of legislation and for the special studies as set out above, your committee also incurred general postal charges in the amount of $275 and paid one witness expense pertaining to a study conducted during the Second Session of the Fortieth Parliament in the amount of $1,838. 

Your committee received 21 orders of reference (including 16 bills), held  58 meetings, heard more than 110 hours of testimony from 258 witnesses and submitted 17 reports in relation to its work.

Respectfully submitted,

Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie
Chair