Proceedings of the Standing
Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights
of Parliament
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable DAVID P. SMITH, P.C.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 (in camera)
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Issue No. 5
First, second and third (final) meetings on:
Participation of senators by telephone or videoconference
First meeting on:
Reinstatement of bills
Fourth and fifth meetings on:
Oath of allegiance to Canada
Business of the committee
INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Reprint of the Rules of the Senate)
and
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Participation of senators by
telephone or videoconference)
- Orders of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings
- Sixth and Seventh Reports
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 18 meeting (6K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 1 meeting (28K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 15 meeting (55K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 22 meeting (52K)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Senate of Canada:
Gary O'Brien, Deputy Clerk and Principal Clerk, Legislative Services.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
As an individual:
Father Jacques Monet, SJ.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
As an individual:
David E. Smith, Professor, Political Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Saskatchewan.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable David P. Smith, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Janis G. Johnson, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, *Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Cools, Di Nino, Fraser, Furey, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C.,
*Kinsella, (or Stratton), LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Maheu, Milne, Robichaud, P.C.
*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 Rompkey, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (October 18, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Chaput substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C. (October 18, 2005).
Substitution pending for the Honourable Senator Chaput (October 19, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool added (October 24, 2005).