Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and
Constitutional Affairs
Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee
OTTAWA, Wednesday, November 24, 1999
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to table 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-Sixfh Parliament are as follows:
Professional Services $ 8,092.28
Transportation & Communications ---
Other 1,401.85
Witnesses' expenses $ 24,390.90
TOTAL $ 33,885.03
The following expenses, incurred by the Committee, were charged to the budget of the Committees and Private Legislation Directorate:
In the course of the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Parliament, the Committee held eighty-eight meetings, during which it heard two hundred and fifty-six witnesses. The Committee considered twenty-four bills, including fourteen Government public bills, one of which was introduced in the Senate, six private members' public bills introduced in the Commons and four such bills introduced in the Senate. Also, the Committee reviewed the Proposals for a Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 1998; the proposed regulations pursuant to the Firearms Act; and the regulations proposed by the Chief Electoral Officer. In addition, the Committee recommended the approval of the appointment of the Information Commissioner, in accordance with Section 54 of the Access to Information Act. The Committee submitted twenty-six reports.
Respectfully submitted,
LORNA MILNE
Chair