Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications
Issue 1 - First and Second Reports of the Committee
Thursday, February 22, 2001
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications 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 of the Rules, 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 of legislation:
| Professional Services | $ 9,131.84 |
| Transportation | --- |
| Other, Miscellaneous | --- |
| Witness expenses | $ 6,470.90 |
| Total | $ 15,602.74 |
2. With respect to its special study on the order in council authorizing certain major air carriers and persons to negotiate and enter into any conditional agreement:
| Professional Services | $ 17,300.20 |
| Transportation | --- |
| Other, Miscellaneous | --- |
| Witness expenses | --- |
| Total | $ 17,300.20 |
3. With respect to its special study on the policy issues for the 2lst century in communications technology, its consequence, competition and the outcome for consumers:
| Professional Services | $ 49,039.25 |
| Transportation | 1,876.76 |
| Other, Miscellaneous | --- |
| Witness expenses | $ 3,311.95 |
| Total | $ 54,227.96 |
4. With respect to its special study on the state of transportation safety and security in Canada and to complete a comparative review of technical issues and legal and regulatory structures with a view to ensuring that transportation safety and security in Canada are of such high quality as to meet the needs of Canada and Canadians in the twenty-first century:
| Professional Services | --- |
| Transportation | --- |
| Other, Miscellaneous | --- |
| Witness expenses | --- |
| Total | --- |
During the session under consideration, your Committee considered seven (7) Orders of Reference, held twenty-eight (28) meetings and heard more than fifty-seven (57) hours from one hundred thirteenth (113) witnesses and submitted seven (7) reports in relation to its work.
Your Committee examined three bills, made two (2) amendments and observations to two (2) of these Bills:
Bill S-17, An Act respecting Marine Liability, and to validate certain by-laws and regulations.
Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act, the Competition Act, the Competition Tribunal Act and the Air Canada Public Participation Act and to amend another Act in consequence.
The Subcommittee on Communications held ten (10) meetings and heard more than nineteen (19) hours of testimony given by thirty-four (34) witnesses in relation to the special study on the policy issues for the 2lst century in communications technology, its consequence, competition and the outcome for consumers.
The Subcommittee on Transport Safety and Security held five (5) meetings and heard four (4) hours of testimony given by one (1) witness in relation to examine the state of transportation safety and security in Canada and to complete a comparative review of technical issues and legal and regulatory structures with a view to ensuring that transportation safety and security in Canada are of such high quality as to meet the needs of Canada and Canadians in the twenty-first century. The Committee tabled a report to the Senate on June 28, 2000 entitled: "Report on Air Safety and Security".
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, March 1st, 2001
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications has the honour to present its
SECOND REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Blue Water Bridge Authority Act, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Wednesday, February 7, 2001, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
LISE BACON
Chair