AGEI - Special Committee

Aging (Special)

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Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on Aging

Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee

Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Special Senate Committee on Aging has the honour to table its

FIRST REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to rule 104(2), that the expenses incurred by the committee during the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament are as follows:

1. With respect to its special study on aging:

Professional and Other Services    $ 85,880
Transport and Communications    157,677
Other Expenditures    3,835
Witness Expenses    16,373
TOTAL    $ 263,765

In addition to the expenses for its special study as set out above, your committee also incurred general postal charges in the amount of $216.

During the session under consideration, your committee considered one (1) order of reference, held twenty-eight (28) meetings, heard from one hundred and seventy one (171) witnesses and submitted four (4) reports in relation to its work. As part of this study, your committee travelled to Welland, Sherbrooke, Halifax, Moncton, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Victoria to hold public hearings and conduct fact-finding.

Respectfully Submitted,

SHARON CARSTAIRS

Chair