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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Issue 11 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, February 13, 2007:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, for the Honourable Senator Segal, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade be authorized to examine and report on the effectiveness of Canada's promotion of democratic development abroad; the role of the Parliament of Canada in this context; and

That the Committee shall present its final report no later than December 31, 2007, and that the Committee shall retain all powers necessary to publicize the findings of the Committee as set forth in its final report until March 31, 2008;

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Corbin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Day, that the motion be amended by deleting at the end of the first paragraph the word ``and'', and by adding after the first paragraph the words ``That the Committee be authorized to travel outside Canada for the purpose of its study; and''.

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

The question was then put on the motion, as amended, of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, for the Honourable Senator Segal, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade be authorized to examine and report on the effectiveness of Canada's promotion of democratic development abroad; the role of the Parliament of Canada in this context;

That the Committee be authorized to travel outside Canada for the purpose of its study; and

That the Committee shall present its final report no later than December 31, 2007, and that the Committee shall retain all powers necessary to publicize the findings of the Committee as set forth in its final report until March 31, 2008.

The motion, as amended, was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate

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