Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights

Issue 4 - Order of Reference

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

The question was then put on the motion, as amended, of the Honourable Senator Andreychuk, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights be authorized to examine cases of alleged discrimination in the hiring and promotion practices of the Federal Public Service and to study the extent to which targets to achieve employment equity for minority groups are being met;

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 continue to monitor developments on the subject and submit a final report to the Senate no later than March 31, 2007.

The motion as amended was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate