Proceedings of the Standing Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable LEO HOUSAKOS
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 (in camera)
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (in camera)
Issue No. 11
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
First meeting:
Election of the chair
First meeting:
Election of the deputy chair
- Minutes of Proceedings - November 28, 2017
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 6, 2018
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 13, 2018 (in camera)
- Minutes of Proceedings - February 27, 2018 (in camera)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - November 28, 2017
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - February 6, 2018
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Leo Housakos, Chair
The Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., Deputy Chair
The Honourable Murray Sinclair, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Batters, Carignan, P.C., *Day (or Mercer), Eggleton, P.C., Gold, Greene, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Lankin, P.C., Mégie, Mercer, Mitchell, Poirier, Saint-Germain, Seidman, *Smith (or Martin), Wells, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Mégie replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (February 27, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (February 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (February 14, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. (February 9, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (February 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (February 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Woo replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (February 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Mégie (February 7, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Munson was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (February 6, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Munson was added to the membership (February 6, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (February 5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (February 5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (February 5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Mégie replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (February 5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Verner, P.C. (November 29, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (November 28, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. (November 27, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C. (November 27, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Wells was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Seidman was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Frum was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Batters was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Housakos was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Ringuette was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Woo was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Gold was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Greene was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Fraser was added to the membership (November 20, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Fraser was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Seidman was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Wells was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Day was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Bellemare was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McCoy was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Cools was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Dupuis was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Ringuette was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Batters was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Gold was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McInnis was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Jaffer was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Frum was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator White was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 19, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (October 24, 2017).