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, January 31, 2017 (in camera)
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 (in camera)
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 (in camera)
Issue No. 5
Future business of the committee
Third meeting:
Pursuant to rule 12-7(2)(c), consideration of the orders and practices of the Senate and the privileges of Parliament
Tenth meeting:
Case of privilege relating to the leaks of the Auditor General's report on the audit of the Senate
First meeting:
Develop and propose amendments to the Rules of the Senate relating to the use of the Order Paper and Notice Paper, particularly in relation to so-called "stood'' items
First meeting:
Develop and propose amendments to the Rules of the Senate relating to omnibus bills
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Joan Fraser, Chair
The Honourable Vernon White, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bellemare, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Cools, Day, Dupuis, Frum, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., Lankin, P.C., McCoy, McInnis, McIntyre, Ringuette, Seidman, Tkachuk, Wallin, 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 Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Gold (February 27, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Batters (February 27, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Batters replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (February 14, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Batters (February 13, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Day was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Dupuis was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator McCoy was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Ogilvie was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Ringuette was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Bellemare was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Cools was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Martin was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Gold was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Wallace was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (December 15, 2016).