Proceedings of the Standing Committee on
Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
Issue 1 - First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Reports of the Committee
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to table its
FIRST REPORT
Your Committee 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:
Professional and Other Services $ 2,279.83 Transportation and Communications $ 0 All Other Expenditures $ 0 Total $ 2,279.83
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to present its
SECOND REPORT
Your Committee has approved the Senate Main Estimates for the fiscal year 2009-2010 and recommends their adoption. (Annex A)
Your Committee notes that the proposed total budget is $90,605,800.
An overview of the 2009-2010 budget will be forwarded to every Senator's office.
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to present its
THIRD REPORT
Your Committee recommends that the following funds be released for fiscal year 2008-2009.
Energy, Environment and Natural Resources (Legislation)
Professional and Other Services $ 1,500 Transportation and Communications $ 100 All Other Expenditures $ 900 Total $ 2,500 Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Legislation)
Professional and Other Services $ 1,500 Transportation and Communications $ 100 All Other Expenditures $ 900 Total $ 2,500 Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
Professional and Other Services $ 1,000 Transportation and Communications $ 0 All Other Expenditures $ 0 Total $ 1,000 Legal and Constitutional Affairs (Legislation)
Professional and Other Services $ 4,750 Transportation and Communications $ 0 All Other Expenditures $ 250 Total $ 5,000 Scrutiny of Regulations
Professional and Other Services $ 300 Transportation and Communications $ 450 All Other Expenditures $ 375 Total $ 1,125
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to present its
FOURTH REPORT
Your Committee recommends that the following funds be released for fiscal year 2009-2010.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs (Legislation)
Professional and Other Services $ 18,250 Transportation and Communications $ 100 All Other Expenditures $ 4,000 Total $ 22,350 Library of Parliament (Joint Committee)
Professional and Other Services $ 1,350 Transportation and Communications $ 6,900 All Other Expenditures $ 600 Total $ 8,850 Transport and Communications (Legislation)
Professional and Other Services $ 8,000 Transportation and Communications $ 0 All Other Expenditures $ 2,000 Total $ 10,000 (includes funds for participation at conferences)
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, May 7, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to present its
FIFTH REPORT
Your Committee recommends that the following funds be released for fiscal year 2009-2010.
Agriculture and Forestry (Legislation)
Professional and Other Services $ 2,500 Transportation and Communications $ 0 All Other Expenditures $ 1,350 Total $ 3,850 Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Legislation)
Professional and Other Services $ 2,857 Transportation and Communications $ 4,814 All Other Expenditures $ 1,329 Total $ 9,000 (includes funds for participation at conferences)
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to present its
SIXTH REPORT
Your Committee recommends that the following funds be released for fiscal year 2009-2010.
Scrutiny of Regulations (Joint)
Professional and Other Services $ 1,200 Transportation and Communications $ 30,186 All Other Expenditures $ 3,300 Total $ 34,686 (includes funds for participation at a conference)
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to present its
SEVENTH REPORT
Your Committee wishes to inform the Senate that on May 7, 2009 your Committee adopted revised guidelines for International Travel.
Therefore your Committee requests that the Senate Administrative Rules be amended as follows:
(a) in chapter 4:03,
(i) by replacing subsection 5(1) with the following:
"5. (1) One point shall be deducted from a Senator's travel points for each four-day period, or portion thereof, of a return national trip or of a return trip to Washington, D.C., or New York City, undertaken under section 13.1.", and
(ii) by replacing subsection 13.1(1) with the following:
"13.1 (1) A Senator is entitled to make, for the purpose of carrying out the Senator's parliamentary functions, a total of four return trips per fiscal year from anywhere in Canada to Washington, D.C., or, in respect of United Nations- related matters, New York City."; and
(b) in chapter 6:01, on page 2, in the text before the breakdown of the daily allowance for meal and incidental expenses, by replacing the words "in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.," with the following:
"in Washington, D.C. or in New York City,".
Respectfully submitted,
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to present its
EIGHTH REPORT
Your Committee wishes to inform the Senate that on June 11, 2009 your Committee adopted a revised Senate Policy on the Prevention and Resolution of Harassment in the Workplace (2009).
Therefore, your Committee requests that the Senate
repeal the current 1993 Policy on Harassment in the Workplace; and
adopt the revised Senate Policy on the Prevention and Resolution of Harassment in the Workplace (2009).
A copy of the Senate Policy on the Prevention and Resolution of Harassment in the Workplace (2009) will be forwarded to every Senator's office.
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has the honour to present its
NINTH REPORT
Your Committee recommends that the following funds be released for fiscal year 2009-2010.
Banking, Trade and Commerce (Legislation)
Professional and Other Services $ 0 Transportation and Communications $ 0 All Other Expenditures $ 8,300 Total $ 8,300
Respectfully submitted,
FERNAND ROBICHAUD
Chair