Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights
Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee
Tuesday, February24, 2009
The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights 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 Rule104(2), that the expenses incurred for that purpose during the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament are as follows:
1.With respect to its studies of legislation:
| Professional and Other Services: | $3,875 |
| Transport and Communications: | — |
| All other expenditures: | — |
| Witness Expenses: | 4,763 |
| Total: | $8,638 |
Your committee examined 4 bills, 2 of which were reported without amendment:
BillC-21, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act;
BillC-42, An Act to amend the Museums Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
Your committee reported the following bill with amendments:
BillC-280, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of section110, 111 and 171).
Finally, your committee was referred the following bill, but did not complete its examination prior to the dissolution of the 39th Parliament:
BillS-218, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to enact certain other measures, in order to provide assistance and protection to victims of human trafficking.
2.With respect to its special study on the employment equity in the federal public service:
| Professional and Other Services: | $1,410 |
| Transport and Communications: | — |
| All other expenditures: | — |
| Witness Expenses: | 3,724 |
| Total: | $5,134 |
3.With respect to monitoring the implementation of recommendations contained in the Committee's report entitled Children: The Silenced Citizens: Effective Implementation of Canada's International Obligations with Respect to the Rights of Children, tabled in the Senate on April25, 2007:
| Professional and Other Services: | $1,021 |
| Transport and Communications: | 92,994 |
| All other expenditures: | 28 |
| Witness Expenses: | 2,185 |
| Total: | $96,228 |
In addition to the expenses for the examination of legislation and for its special studies as set out above, your committee also incurred general postal charges in the amount of $70.00.
During the session under consideration, your committee considered 9 orders of reference, including 4 bills, held 18meetings and heard more than 40 hours of testimony from 105 witnesses. In total, your committee produced 13 reports.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Chair