Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
Issue 9 - Order of Reference
Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Thursday, December 14, 2006:
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Hays, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Rules, Procedure and the Rights of Parliament be authorized to examine and report upon the current provisions of the Constitution Act, 1867 that relate to the Senate and the need and means to modernize such provisions, either by means of the appropriate amending formula in the Act and/or through modifications to the Rules of the Senate. In particular, the Committee shall be authorized to examine:
(a) section 23 of the Constitution Act, 1867, with respect to the qualifications of a Senator;
(b) sections 26 and 27 of the Constitution Act, 1867, with respect to the addition of Senators in certain cases and the reduction of the Senate to its normal number;
(c) section 29 (1) of the Constitution Act, 1867, with respect to tenure in the Senate;
(d) section 31 of the Constitution Act, 1867, with respect to the disqualification of Senators;
(e) section 34 of the Constitution Act, 1867, with respect to the appointment of the Speaker of the Senate;
(f) section 36 of the Constitution Act, 1867, with respect to voting in the Senate;
(g) any other related section of the Constitution Act, 1867; and
That the Committee submit its final report no later than June 21, 2007.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Paul C. Bélisle
Clerk of the Senate