Proceedings of the Special
Senate Committee on the Arctic
Issue No. 27 - Minutes of Proceedings - May 8, 2019
OTTAWA, Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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[English]
The Special Senate Committee on the Arctic met in camera this day at 11:34 a.m., in room W120, 1 Wellington St., the chair, the Honourable Dennis Glen Patterson, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Anderson, Bovey, Coyle, Oh and Patterson (5).
Other senator present: The Honourable Senator Neufeld (1).
Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, the committee continued its study on the significant and rapid changes to the Arctic, and impacts on original inhabitants. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No.1.)
Pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee considered a draft agenda.
It was agreed that senators' staff be permitted to remain in the room during the in camera portion of the meeting.
It was agreed that the committee allow the transcription of the in camera portion of today's meeting, that one copy be kept in the office of the clerk of the committee for consultation by committee members present or by the analysts; and
That the transcript be destroyed by the clerk when authorized to do so by the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, but no later than at the end of this parliamentary session.
At 12:53 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 12:54 p.m., the committee resumed in public to consider a draft budget.
It was agreed that the following special study budget application (significant and rapid changes to the Arctic), for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, be adopted; and
That the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be empowered to approve the final version of the budget for submission to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration:
GENERAL EXPENSES
REPORT PRODUCTION $6,500 TOTAL $6,500
At 12:55 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Lynn Gordon
Clerk of the Committee