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An order of reference is a decision of the Senate authorizing a committee to undertake the study of an issue, bill or other matter. Most committees require an order of reference before they can undertake such work. However, three committees are empowered by the Rules of the Senate to act on their own initiative without a prior order of reference from the Senate. These are the Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament; the Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration; and the Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators.

Studies & Bills	Committee	Order of Reference	Session	note	note
Bill S-1001, An Act respecting Queen’s University at Kingston	Legal and Constitutional Affairs LCJC	2011-03-24	40-3
Bill C-465, An Act respecting a National Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Heritage Day	Social Affairs, Science and Technology SOCI	2011-03-23	40-3
Bill C-232, An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages)	Legal and Constitutional Affairs LCJC	2011-03-22	40-3
Bill C-442, An Act to establish a National Holocaust Monument	Social Affairs, Science and Technology SOCI	2011-03-22	40-3
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 10:28 AM Yaron Ashkenazi, Executive Director (The Canadian Society of Yad Vashem) Bernie M. Farber, Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Jewish Congress) Tim Uppal, Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Sherwood (As an Individual)
Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act and the Pension Act	National Security and Defence SECD	2011-03-22	40-3
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 4:03 PM The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture) (As an Individual) Pierre Allard, Service Bureau Director (Royal Canadian Legion) Bernard Butler, Director General, Policy and Research (Veterans Affairs Canada) Keith Hillier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Delivery (Veterans Affairs Canada) Chief Warrant Officer (Retired) Guy Parent, Veterans Ombudsman (Office of the Veterans Ombudsman) Brigadier-General (Retired) Joseph Sharpe (As an individual) Brad White, Dominion Secretary (Royal Canadian Legion)
Bill C-302, An Act to recognize the injustice that was done to persons of Italian origin through their "enemy alien" designation and internment during the Second World War, and to provide for restitution and promote education on Italian-Canadian history	Social Affairs, Science and Technology SOCI	2011-03-21	40-3
Bill C-475, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (methamphetamine and ecstasy)	Legal and Constitutional Affairs LCJC	2011-03-21	40-3
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 10:36 AM Mark Audcent, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel (Senate of Canada) Carrie De Jong, Addictions Counsellor (Orchard Recovery Center) Suzanne Desjardins, Director, Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate (Health Canada) Paul Saint-Denis, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada) John Weston, M.P., Sponsor of the Bill (As an Individual)
Government Response, dated March 21, 2011, to the fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications, entitled: Plan for a digital Canada.ca, tabled in the Senate on June 16, 2010	Transport and Communications TRCM	2011-03-21	40-3
Bill C-59, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (accelerated parole review) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts	Legal and Constitutional Affairs LCJC	2011-03-10	40-3
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 9:05 AM Monday, March 21, 2011 at 11:05 AM The Honourable Vic Toews, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety (Public Safety Canada) Lorraine Berzins, Community Chair of Justice (Church Council on Justice and Corrections) Suzanne Brisebois, Director General, Policy, Planning and Operations (Parole Board of Canada) Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections Directorate (Public Safety Canada) Laurent Champagne, President (Church Council on Justice and Corrections) John Conroy, Member, Committee on Imprisonment and Release (Canadian Bar Association) Joey Davis, Co-Founder, Spokesperson (Earl Jones Victims Organizing Committee) Stephen Fineberg, Representative (Barreau du Québec) Don Head, Commissioner (Correctional Service of Canada) David Henry, Communications and Programs Coordinator (Association des services de réhabilitation sociale du Québec) Michael Jackson, Professor (As an individual) Jacinthe Lanctôt, Vice-president (Association des avocats et avocates en droit carcéral du Québec) Ed McIsaac, Interim Director of Policy (John Howard Society of Canada) Kim Pate, Executive Director (Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies) Darryl Plecas, Professor (As an individual) Joëlle Roy, Vice-President (Association québécoise des avocats et avocates de la défense) Howard Sapers, Correctional Investigator of Canada (Office of the Correctional Investigator) Marc Sauvé, Director of Legal Services (Barreau du Québec) Gaylene Schellenberg, Lawyer (Canadian Bar Association) Graham Stewart (As an individual) Shelley Trevethan, Executive Director General (Parole Board of Canada) Irvin Waller, Professor (As an individual) Janet Watson, Spokesperson and National Victims Coordinator (Mount Real Victims Group) Vincent Westwick, Chair, Law Amendments Committee (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police) Ivan Zinger, Executive Director and General Counsel (Office of the Correctional Investigator)
Bill C-61, An Act to provide for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of the property of officials and former officials of foreign states and of their family members	Foreign Affairs and International Trade AEFA	2011-03-10	40-3
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Monday, March 21, 2011 at 3:13 PM The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, P.C., M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs () The Honourable Robert Nicholson, M.P., P.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (As an Individual) Alan Kessel, Senior Legal Advisor (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada) Sabine Nolke, Director, United Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada) Donald K. Piragoff, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector (Justice Canada)