Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee
Thursday, February 22, 2001
The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources 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 Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament are as follows:
1. With respect to its examination and consideration of legislation:
| Professional Services | $ 17,413.32 |
| Transportation | 194.00 |
| Other, Miscellaneous | -- |
| Witness expenses | 38,447.08 |
| Total | $ 56,054.40 |
2. With respect to its study on issues relating to energy, the environment and natural resources:
| Professional Services | $ 11,618.44 |
| Transportation | 62,008.28 |
| Other, Miscellaneous | 321.00 |
| Witness expenses | 3,118.64 |
| Total | $ 77,066.36 |
Your committee reviewed three bills (C-11, C-27 and S-20), receiving evidence from sixty-four (64) witnesses during fifteen (15) meetings lasting more than thirty-two (32) hours. Observations were made on two (2) bills:
Bill C-11, An Act to authorize the divestiture of the assets of, and to dissolve, the Cape Breton Development Corporation, to amend the Cape Breton Corporation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
Bill C-27, An Act respecting the National parks of Canada.
Your committee also had an order of reference to examine issues relating to energy, the environment and natural resources generally in Canada, on which it held thirteen (13) meetings and heard more than twenty-two (22) hours of evidence from fifty-five (55) witnesses. Under this order of reference, your committee studied a number of specific issues, including the Auto Maker's Choice Program, Nuclear Reactor Safety, Eco-Efficiency and Environmental Assessments of Genetically Engineered Agricultural Products.
Your committee traveled on a fact-finding visit to Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Pickering (Ontario) and sent delegations of members to six conferences.
Your committee submitted six reports in relation to its work.
Respectfully submitted,
NICHOLAS W. TAYLOR
Chair