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)
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Tenth Report of the Committee
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 13, 2003 Meeting (42K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - May 14, 2003 Meeting (55K)
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)