Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights

Issue 2 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Thursday, April 27, 2006.

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights be authorized to examine and report upon Canada's international obligations in regards to the rights and freedoms of children.

In particular, the Committee shall be authorized to examine:

Our obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and

Whether Canada's legislation as it applies to children meets our obligations under this Convention.

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject during the Thirty-eighth Parliament be referred to the Committee; and

That the Committee present its final report to the Senate no later than December 31, 2006 and that the Committee retain until March 31, 2007 all powers necessary to publicize its findings.

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

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate