Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, October 22, 1997:

The Honourable Senator Carstairs for the Honourable Senator Kirby moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Callbeck:

That, the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce be authorized to examine and report upon the present state of the financial system in Canada;

That the committee have the power to permit coverage by electronic media of its public proceedings with the least possible disruption of its hearings; and

That the committee submit its final report no later than December 10, 1998.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate