AGEI - Special Committee

Aging (Special)

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39-1 39th Parliament, 1st Session (April 3, 2006 - September 14, 2007)
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Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on Aging

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, November 7, 2006:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Bryden:

That a Special Committee of the Senate be appointed to examine and report upon the implications of an ageing society in Canada;

That, notwithstanding rule 85(1)(b), the committee comprise seven members, namely the Honourable Senators Carstairs, P.C., Chaput, Cordy, Johnson, Keon, Mercer, and Murray, P.C., and that three members constitute a quorum;

That the Committee examine the issue of ageing in our society in relation to, but not limited to:

  • promoting active living and well being;

  • housing and transportation needs;

  • financial security and retirement;

  • abuse and neglect;

  • health promotion and prevention; and

  • health care needs, including chronic diseases, medication use, mental health, palliative care, home care and caregiving;

That the Committee review public programs and services for seniors, the gaps that exist in meeting the needs of seniors, and the implications for future service delivery as the population ages;

That the Committee review strategies on ageing implemented in other countries;

That the Committee review Canada's role and obligations in light of the 2002 Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing;

That the Committee consider the appropriate role of the federal government in helping Canadians age well;

That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers and records, to examine witnesses, to report from time to time and to print such papers and evidence from day to day as may be ordered by the Committee;

That the Committee have power to adjourn from place to place within Canada;

That the Committee be authorized to permit coverage by electronic media of its public proceedings with the least possible disruption of its hearings;

That, pursuant to rule 95(3)(a), the Committee be authorized to meet during periods that the Senate stands adjourned for a period exceeding one week;

That the Order of Reference to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology concerning the ageing of the population, adopted by the Senate on June 28, 2006, be withdrawn; and

That the Committee present its final report to the Senate no later than December 31, 2007, and that the Committee retain all powers necessary to publicize the findings of its Final Report until March 31, 2008.

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

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate