Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence has the honour to present its

SIXTH REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 to study issues concerning Veterans' affairs, respectfully request funds for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 and requests, for the purpose of such study, that it be empowered:

(a) to engage the services of such counsel, technical, clerical and other personnel as may be necessary; and

(b) to travel inside Canada.

Pursuant to Chapter 3:06, section 2(1)(c) of the Senate Administrative Rules, the budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that committee are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

DANIEL LANG

Chair

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SUBCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS OF THE
STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON
NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENCE

SPECIAL STUDY ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2015

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

The Honourable Senator Lang moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Neufeld:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence be authorized to study:

(a) services and benefits provided to members of the Canadian Forces; to veterans who have served honourably in Her Majesty's Canadian Armed Forces in the past; to members and former members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and its antecedents; and all of their families;

(b) commemorative activities undertaken by the Department of Veterans' Affairs Canada, to keep alive for all Canadians the memory of Canadian veterans' achievements and sacrifices; and

(c) continuing implementation of the New Veterans' Charter;

That the papers and evidence received and taken and the work accomplished by the Committee on this subject during the Fortieth Parliament and the First Session of the Forty-first Parliament be referred to the Committee; and

That the Committee report to the Senate no later than December 19, 2014, and that the Committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until 90 days after the tabling of the final report.

After debate,

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

Gary W. O'Brien

Clerk of the Senate

Delegation to the subcommittee

Extract from the Minutes of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence of Monday, December 2, 2013

The Honourable Senator Day moved:

That the order of reference regarding veterans affairs adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, be delegated to the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs.

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

Josée Thérien

Clerk of the Committee

SUMMARY OF BUDGET

GENERAL EXPENSES	$0
ACTIVITY 1: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Qc)	$3,900
TOTAL	$3,900

The above budget was approved by the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence on Monday, March 24, 2014.

The undersigned or an alternate will be in attendance on the date that this budget is considered.

Date		Daniel Lang
		Chair, Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

Date

Noel A. Kinsella

Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

For information only

	2010-2011		2011-2012
2012-2013
	40-2	40-3	41-1
41-1
Budget approved	No request	No request	$ 40 654
$ 23,365
Expenditures	Nil	Nil	$ 8,697
$ 6,784

GENERAL ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE SPECIAL STUDY

Pursuant to Chapter 3:06, section 2(2) of the Senate Administrative Rules.

No other travel expenses are anticipated for this study.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS OF THE
STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON
NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENCE

SPECIAL STUDY ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

EXPLANATION OF BUDGET ITEMS
APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2015

ACTIVITY 1: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Qc)
FACT-FINDING
10 participants: 5 Senators, 5 staff
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICES
	HOSPITALITY
1.	Hospitality - meals (0410)			600
Sub-total					$600
TRANSPORTATION, ACCOMMODATION AND LIVING EXPENSES
1.	Per diem			900
		5 senators, $90/day, 1 day (0221)
		5 staff, $90/day, 1 day (0225)
2.	Charter bus (0228)			2,000
		(1 day, $2,000/day)
Sub-total					$2,900
ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES
	OTHER
1.	Miscellaneous costs associated with travel (0229)			150
	RENTALS
2.	Rental - interpretation equipment (0504)			250
		(1 day, $250/day)
Sub-total					$400
Total of Activity 1						$3,900
Grand Total								$ 3,900

The Senate administration has reviewed this budget application.

Heather Lank, Principal Clerk, Committees Directorate

Date

Nicole Proulx, Director of Finance and Procurement

Date

APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT

Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined the budget presented to it by the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, for the purpose of its special study on Veterans Affairs, as authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. The said budget is as follows:

Activity 1:
Saine-Anne-de -Bellevue, QC$ 3,900

Total $ 3,900

(includes funds for a fact-finding mission)

Respectfully submitted,

NOËL A. KINSELLA

Chair