Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Issue 2 - Orders of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Friday, February 13, 2004:

The Honourable Senator Kinsella for the Honourable Senator Comeau, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LeBreton:

That Chapter 1, Information Technology; Government On-Line, Chapter 2, Accountability and Ethics in Government; Chapter 3, The Sponsorship Program; and Chapter 4, Advertising Activities, of the November 2003 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons, tabled in the Senate of Canada on February 10, 2004, Sessional Paper No. 3/37-18, be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance for consideration and report; and

That the Committee submit its final report no later than June 23, 2004.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Friday, February 20, 2004:

The Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine and report upon the expenditures set out in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004, with the exception of Parliament Vote 10b.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate