Proceedings of the Standing Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14

Chair: The Honourable VERNON WHITE

Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Issue No. 3

Fifth, sixth and seventh meetings:

Consideration of a draft report

and

First meeting:

Bill S-207, An Act to amend the Conflict of Interest Act (gifts)

INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Amendments to the Rules of the Senate)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings - September 23, 2014
• Minutes of Proceedings - September 30, 2014
• Minutes of Proceedings - October 21, 2014
• Minutes of Proceedings - October 28, 2014
• Sixth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - September 23, 2014 (28K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - September 30, 2014 (45K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 21, 2014 (57K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - October 28, 2014 (80K)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

As an individual:

The Honourable Senator Joseph A. Day, sponsor of the bill.

Office of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner of Ontario:

Sidney B. Linden, Conflict of Interest Commissioner.

British Columbia's Office of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner:

Paul D. K. Fraser, Q.C., Conflict of Interest Commissioner (by video conference).

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Vernon White, Chair

The Honourable David P. Smith, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Batters, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Cools, *Cowan (or Fraser), Day, Doyle, Joyal, P.C., Martin, McCoy, McIntyre, Moore, Nolin, Tkachuk, Verner, P.C.

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (October 27, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Day replaced the Honourable Senator Furey (October 27, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Moore replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (October 27, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (September 30, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (September 29, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (September 29, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (September 12, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Enverga was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (September 12, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Furey replaced the Honourable Senator Fraser (June 10, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Batters replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (June 10, 2014).