Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee
on Senate Modernization

First Session Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16

Chair: The Honourable THOMAS JOHNSON MCINNIS

Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Issue No. 1

Organization meeting

and

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

and

First meeting:

Consideration of methods to make the Senate more effective within the current constitutional framework

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings - February 24, 2016
• Minutes of Proceedings - March 9, 2016
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 24, 2016
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 9, 2016

WITNESS

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

As an individual:

David E. Smith, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Ryerson University.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Thomas Johnson McInnis, Chair

The Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

        Bellemare, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Cools, Eggleton, P.C., Frum, Greene, Massicotte, McCoy, McIntyre, Seidman, Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Wells

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 5)

Change in membership of the committee:

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

The Honourable Senator Seidman replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (March 8, 2016).