Proceedings of the Special Senate
Committee on
Senate Reform
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006
Chair: The Honourable DANIEL HAYS
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Issue No. 3
Fourth meeting on:
Subjet-matter of Bill S-4, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (Senate tenure)
Motion to amend the Constitution of Canada (Western regional representation in the Senate)
APPEARING:
The Honourable Gary Mar, Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations, Government of Alberta
WITNESSES:
As individuals:
Roger Gibbins, President and CEO, Canada West Foundation;
Gerald Baier, Canadian Bicentennial Visiting Professor, MacMillan Centre for International and Area Studies, Yale University;
Philip Resnick, Professor, Political Science, University of British Columbia (by video conference);
Andrew Heard, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Simon Fraser University.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Daniel Hays, Chair
The Honourable W. David Angus, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Chaput, Dawson, Fraser, Munson, *Hays (or Fraser), Hubley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Murray, P.C., Segal, Tkachuk, Watt
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Fraser was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Austin, P.C. (September 19, 2006).