Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Natiaonal Finance

Issue 13 - Orders of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Thursday, May 15, 2008:

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gustafson that:

That, in accordance with rule 74(1), the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine the subject-matter of Bill C-50, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget (Budget Implementation Act, 2008), in advance of the said Bill coming before the Senate.

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

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Di Nino that:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance have power to sit from Monday, May 26, 2008 to Friday, May 30, 2008, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.

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

Extract form the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, May 14, 2008:

The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Di Nino:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine and report upon the expenditures set out in the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009.

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

Paul C. Bélisle,

Clerk of the Senate