Proceedings of the Subcommittee on
Veterans Affairs

Issue 14 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Monday, May 31, 1999:

The Honourable Senator Murray, P.C., for the Honourable Senator Balfour moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Beaudoin:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to undertake a study on issues relating to persons coming under the jurisdiction of Veterans Affairs Canada including the availability, quality and standards of all benefits available to such persons;

That the Committee be empowered to permit coverage by electronic media of its public proceedings with the least possible disruption of its hearings;

That the. the Committee be empowered to present its final report no later than March 31, 2000; and

That the Committee be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit its report with the Clerk of the Senate, if the Senate is not then sitting, and that the report be deemed to have been tabled in the Chamber.

After debate,

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

Paul Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate