Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and
Constitutional Affairs
Issue 45 - Eighteenth and Nineteenth Reports of the Committee
THURSDAY, December 12, 1996
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its
EIGHTEENTH REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred Bill C-347, An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Wednesday, November 27, 1996, examined the said Bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:
1. Page 3, new clause 13.1: immediately after line 45 add the following:
"13.1. In the representation order declared in force by Proclamation of January 8, 1996 under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, effective upon the first dissolution of Parliament that occurs after January 8, 1997, paragraph 92 of that part relating to the Province of Ontario is amended by substituting the name `Vaughan--King--Aurora' for the name `Vaughan--Aurora'."
2. Page 4, new clause 17.1: immediately after line 37 add the following:
"17.1. In the representation order declared in force by Proclamation of January 8, 1996 under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, effective upon the first dissolution of Parliament that occurs after January 8, 1997, paragraph 8 of that part relating to the Province of Saskatchewan is amended by substituting the name `Regina--Lumsden-Lake Centre' for the name '`Regina--Arm River'."
3. Page 5, new clause 19.1: immediately after line 10 add the following:
"19.1. In the representation order declared in force by Proclamation of January 8, 1996 under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, effective upon the first dissolution of Parliament that occurs after January 8, 1997, paragraph 2 of that part relating to the Province of New Brunswick is amended by substituting the name `Beauséjour--Petitcodiac' for the name `Beauséjour'."
Respectfully submitted,
SHARON CARSTAIRS
Chair
THURSDAY, December 12, 1996
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its
NINETEENTH REPORT
Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-63, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, the Parliament of Canada Act and the Referendum Act, has in obedience to the Order of Reference of Thursday, December 5, 1996, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
SHARON CARSTAIRS
Chair