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

Issue 2 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Wednesday, March 9, 2016:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser:

That this case of privilege, relating to the leaks of the Auditor General's report on the audit of the Senate, be referred to the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament for an independent inquiry be ordered and a report publicly released without delay.

After debate,

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

Charles Robert

Clerk of the Senate