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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

Issue 12 - Tenth Report of the Committee

Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications has the honour to present its

TENTH REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Monday, December 9, 2013, to study the challenges faced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in relation to the changing environment of broadcasting and communications, respectfully requests funds for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 and request, for the purpose of such study, that it be empowered to travel outside Canada.

The committee budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that committee were printed in the Journals of the Senate of June 5, 2014. On June 10, 2014, the Senate approved a partial release of $262,811 to the committee. The report of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration recommending the release of additional funds is appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

DENNIS DAWSON

Chair

APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT

Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined the budget presented to it by the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, for the purpose of its special study on the challenges faced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as authorized by the Senate on Monday, December 9, 2013. The said budget is as follows:

Activity 4: London, United Kingdom $ 89,100

Total $ 89,100

(includes funds for a fact-finding mission; includes funds for 5 senators to travel)

The budgets approved by the Senate for each travel activity are the maximum amount that can be spent for that activity;

Budgets normally include funds for the full membership of the committee to travel;

In general, a reduced delegation actually travels and efforts are made to find additional savings;

Therefore, actual expenditures are expected to be considerably below the approved budget, and they will be reported to the Senate;

Any surplus funds remaining at the conclusion of a travel activity will be clawed-back and can be made available for allocation to committees for other activities.

Respectfully submitted,

PIERRE CLAUDE NOLIN

Chair

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