Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs,
Science and Technology
Issue 1 - Reports of the Committee
Tuesday, April 23, 1996
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to present 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 First Session of the Thirty-fifth Parliament are as follows:
1. With respect to its examination and consideration of legislation:
Miscellaneous...................................$39.16
TOTAL...............................................$39.16
2. With respect to a special study of the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs to examine and report upon the future direction of the Department of Veterans Affairs:
Committee Travel...........................$9,125.11
Contract Consulting.......................16,723.77
Hospitality...........................................758.70
TOTAL.........................................$26,607.58
3. The following expenses incurred by the Committee were charged to the budget of the Committees and Private Legislation Directorate:
Witness expenses
Main Committee.........................$13,072.54
Subcommittee on
Veterans Affairs............................18,127.45
TOTAL.........................................$31,199.99
Your Committee heard from 101 witnesses, held 38 meetings and issued 13 reports in the last session, during which it reviewed eight Bills (C-216, C-30, C-31, C-44, C-53, C-54, C-64 and S-14).
Your Committee also created a Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs to examine and report upon the future direction of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to review Bill C-67 and to review the Report of the Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves, hearing from a total of 92 witnesses over 27 meetings.
Among the reports issued by the main Committee on these matters was Keeping Faith: Into the Future, the latest of a series of reports which began in 1981.
The report dealt with the issues of commemoration, Post- Traumatic Stress Syndrome among veterans, the Gulf War Syndrome, the continued denial of the status and benefits of uniformed veterans to civilian veterans, the treatment of spouses after the death of the veteran, and the continued existence of anomalies in veterans' legislation. These and other issues that may emerge in the future constitute the "unfinished business" of Veterans Affairs Canada.
Respectfully submitted,
MABEL M. DeWARE
Chairman
Wednesday, May 1, 1996.
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to present its
SECOND REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred the Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (nuclear undertakings) and to make a related amendment to another Act, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Thursday, March 28, 1996, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
MABEL M. DeWARE
Chairman