Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Fisheries

Issue 11 - Second Report of the Committee

THURSDAY, April 2, 1998

The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries has the honour to present its

SECOND REPORT

Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Wednesday, November 19, 1997 to examine and report on the questions of privatization and quota licensing in Canada's fisheries, respectfully requests that it be empowered to designate one or more members of the Committee and/or such staff as may be necessary to travel in Canada or abroad on a fact-finding mission on behalf of the Committee; and that it be empowered to engage the services of such counsel and technical, clerical and other personnel as may be necessary for the purpose of its examination.

Pursuant to Section 2:07 of the Procedural Guidelines for the Financial Operation of Senate Committees, the budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that Committee are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

GERALD COMEAU

Chairman

STANDING SENATE COMMITEE ON FISHERIES

SPECIAL STUDY

APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1999

Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Wednesday, November 19, 1997:

"The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Doyle:

That the Standing Committee on Fisheries be authorized to examine and report upon the questions of privatization and quota licensing in Canada's fisheries;

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject during the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Parliament and any other relevant Parliamentary papers and evidence on the said subject be referred to the Committee;

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 is final report no later than December 10, 1998."

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES

Professional and Other Services $ 5,000

Transportation and Communication 66,382

All Other Expenditures 600

TOTAL $ 72,000

The foregoing budget was approved by the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries on the 26 of March, 1998.

The undersigned or an alternate will be in attendance on the date that this budget is being considered.

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Date Chairman, Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries

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Date Chairman, Standing Committee on Internal Economy,
Budgets and Administration

The Senate Administration has reviewed this budget application

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Gary O'Brien, Director of Committees and Private Legislation Date

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Siroun Aghajanian, Director of Finance Date

EXPLANATION OF COST ELEMENTS

PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICES

Communications Consultant - Webmaster (0401)

(Contract at $30 per hour for 100 hours)

$ 3,000

Working Meals (0415)

(8 meals at $250)

2,000

TOTAL

$5,000

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

3. Video Conferencing (0226)

	a) Equipment Rental, 2 months	8,000
	b) External Room rental (2 hours duration)
	New Zealand ($1,000x2) 2,000
	Iceland ($700x2) 1,400
	Norway ($600x2) 1,200
	Canadian sites ($175 x 10) 1,750
	Washington DC 700
		7,050
	c) Technicians 36 hours x $75.00	2,700
	d) Conference administration (26 x $500)	13,000
Total			30,750

1. Committee Travel to St. Andrews (DFO Biological Station),
Halifax (BIO) & Boston (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) (0201)

10 Senators

1 Clerk

1 Researcher

12 Participants

		a) Air Transportation: Ottawa - Saint John - Halifax - Boston - Ottawa for 12 participants (2,100 x 12)	25,200
		b) Ground Transportation Saint John-St. Andrews 400 Halifax-Dartmouth 400 Boston-Cap Cod ($250US) CDN 360 Taxis 4x12x$23 1,104	2,264
		c) Per Diems New Brunswick$99.50x12 1,083. CDN Halifax: $49.75 x 12 597. CDN Boston $49,75US x12 ($597US) 847.74 CDN	2,528
		d) Hotel Accommodation One night in Saint John at $125/n x12 1,500 One night in Halifax at $125/nx12 1,500 One night in Boston at $125USx12 2 160 ($125US x1.44= $180 CDN)	5,160
		e) Contingencies	480
	Total			35,632
TOTAL				$ 66,382

ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES
1. Miscellaneous Expenditure (0799)	600
TOTAL	$ 600
GRAND TOTAL		$ 72,000

APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT

THURSDAY, April 2, 1998

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined and approved the budget presented to it by the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1999 for the purpose of its Special Study on the Questions of Privatization and Quota Licensing in Canada's Fisheries as authorized by the Senate on Wednesday November 19, 1997. The said budget is as follows: