Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee

THURSDAY, October 23, 1997

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance 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 estimates and such legislation as was referred to it, reports, pursuant to Rule 104 of the Rules of the Senate, that the expenses incurred by the Committee during the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Parliament are as follows:

Professional Services $ 54,272.00

Transportation (including witnesses expenses) 1,683.00

Miscellaneous 40.00

TOTAL $ 55,995.00

Your committee held 26 meetings, during which it heard 75 witnesses. It reviewed two sets of Main Estimates (1996-97, 1997-98), three sets of Supplementary Estimates: Supplementary Estimates (B), 1996-97, Supplementary Estimates (A), 1996-97, Supplementary Estimates (B), 1995-96, and four Bills (C-10, C-270, C-31, C-7), one special study (the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST)). It issued 9 reports.

Respectfully submitted,

TERRANCE R. STRATTON

Chairman