Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights
of Parliament
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16
Chair: The Honourable JOAN FRASER
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 (in camera)
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 (in camera)
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 (in camera)
Issue No. 4
Eighth and ninth meetings:
Case of privilege relating to the leaks of the Auditor General's report on the audit of the Senate
First meeting:
Examine and propose amendments to the Rules of the Senate to allow and facilitate broadcasting of Senate proceedings
First meeting:
Pursuant to rule 12-7(2)(a), consideration of amendments to the Rules of the Senate
INCLUDING:
THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Broadcasting of Senate Proceedings)
THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Changes to the Order Paper and Notice Paper)
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joan Fraser, Chair
The Honourable Vernon White, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Batters, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Frum, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., Lankin, P.C., Martin, McInnis, Ogilvie, Seidman, Tkachuk, Wallace, Wells
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (November 30, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (November 28, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (November 22, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (November 22, 2016).
The Honourable Senator White replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (November 22, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (November 22, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator White (November 21, 2016).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (November 21, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (November 15, 2016).