Proceedings of the Standing Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

Second Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable LORNA MILNE

Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Issue No. 14

Fourth and fifth meetings on: Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Lobbyists Registration Act

INCLUDING: THE TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Lobbyists Registration Act)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Allan Rock, P.C., M.P., Minister of Industry Canada

WITNESSES:

May 13, 2003 meeting

From Industry Canada:

Mr. Bruce Bergen, Senior Counsel, Industry Canada Legal Services;

Mr. Robert F. Benson, Deputy Ethics Counsellor, Office of the Ethics Commissioner.

May 14, 2003 meeting

From Industry Canada:

Howard Wilson, Ethics Counsellor;

Bruce Bergen, Senior Counsel, Industry Canada Legal Services.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Chair

The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

* Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cordy, Di Nino, Fairbairn, P.C., Fraser, Grafstein, Hubley, Joyal, P.C., *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Murray, P.C., Ringuette, Robertson, Rompkey, P.C., Stratton, Wiebe

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Cordy was added (May 13, 2003)

Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament