THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Thursday, October 10, 2024
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology met in camera this day at 11:31 a.m., in room B45, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Ratna Omidvar, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Bernard, Brazeau, Burey, Cordy, Cormier, Dasko, Mégie, Moodie, Omidvar, Osler, Petitclerc and Seidman (12).
Other senators present: The Honourable Senator Senior (1).
Participating in the meeting: Laura Blackmore, Mayra Perez-Leclerc and Diana Ambrozas, analysts, Library of Parliament.
Pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee discussed in camera a draft agenda (future business).
It was agreed that senators’ staff be permitted to remain in the room during the in camera meeting.
It was agreed that the committee allow the audio recording of the in camera meeting today, that one copy be kept with the clerk of the committee for consultation by committee members present or by the committee analysts, and that the audio recording 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.
It was agreed that the committee publish a correction to its twenty-first report, Act Now: Solutions for Temporary and Migrant Labour in Canada.
It was agreed that a corrected version of the committee’s twenty-first report be adopted, in both official languages, and that the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure be empowered to approve the final version of the report in both official languages, taking into consideration the discussions at today’s meeting, including any necessary editorial, grammatical and translation changes.
It was agreed that the chair seek leave of the Senate to replace the original report with the corrected version.
At 12:36 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Emily Barrette
Clerk of the Committee