Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

Issue 3 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Tuesday, May 2, 2006:

The Honourable Senator Grafstein moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moore:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce be authorized to examine and report on issues dealing with the demographic change that will occur in Canada within the next two decades; the implications of that change for Canada's economy, labour market and retirement income system; and federal actions that could be taken to ensure that any implications of future demographic change are, to the extent possible, properly addressed;

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject during the Thirty-eighth Parliament and any other relevant Parliamentary papers and evidence on the said subject be referred to the Committee; and

That the Committee submit its final report no later than June 30, 2006.

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

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate