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Orders of Reference

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
Review and report on the formula for determining the allocations of caucus/groups and House Officers Budgets	Subcommittee on the Senate Estimates SEBS	2020-08-27	43-1
Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 2:06 PM
Government Response to the 32nd report of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade, and Commerce entitled: “Open Banking: What it Means for You” , deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 19, 2019, during the first session of the Forty-second Parliament	Banking, Trade and Commerce BANC	2020-08-05	43-1
Government response to the thirteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages entitled: "Modernizing the Official Languages Act: Views of the Federal Institutions and Recommendations", deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 13, 2019, during the first session of the Forty-second Parliament	Official Languages OLLO	2020-07-29	43-1
Government response to the nineteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry entitled: "Made in Canada: Growing Canada’s Value-Added Food Sector", deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on July 15, 2019, during the first session of the Forty-second Parliament	Agriculture and Forestry AGFO	2020-07-21	43-1
Examine and report on issues of diversity in the Senate workforce	Subcommittee on Diversity DVSC	2020-06-25	43-1
Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 2:09 PM
Examine and report on issues related to Senate communications	Subcommittee on Communications COMS	2020-06-25	43-1
Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021	National Finance NFFN	2020-06-16	43-1
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Monday, June 22, 2020 at 11:26 AM The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, P.C., M.P., Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion (Employment, Workforce Development and Labour) Graham Flack, Deputy Minister (Employment and Social Development Canada) Mark Perlman, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Assistant Deputy Minister (Employment and Social Development Canada) Benoît Robidoux, Associate Deputy Minister (Employment and Social Development Canada) Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 10:09 AM Carlo Beaudoin, Chief Financial Officer (Public Health Agency of Canada) Gini Bethell, Assistant Deputy Minister, HR-to-Pay Program Office (Public Services and Procurement Canada) Rob Chambers, Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment) (Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces) Cheri Crosby, Assistant Deputy Minister (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer (Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces) Troy Crosby, Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel) (Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces) Eric Dagenais, Vice-President (Public Health Agency of Canada) Kimberly Elmslie, Vice-President, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch (Public Health Agency of Canada) Nancy Fitchett, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Financial Officer (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority) Valerie Gideon, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (Indigenous Services Canada) Major-General Hercule Gosselin, Chief of Program (Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces) Lorenzo Ieraci, Director General, Office of Small and Medium Enterprises and Stakeholder Engagement (Public Services and Procurement Canada) Douglas McConnachie, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Management Sector (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) Marty Muldoon, Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Administration Branch (Public Services and Procurement Canada) Neil Parry, Vice-President, Service Delivery (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority) Dr. Guillaume Poliquin, Acting Scientific Director General (Public Health Agency of Canada) Michael Saunders, President and Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority) Mark Schaan, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Innovation Policy Sector (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) Philippe Thompson, Chief Finances, Results and Delivery Officer (Indigenous Services Canada) Sally Thornton, Vice-President, Health Security Infrastructure Branch (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Examine and report on committee budget applications and make recommendations on the allocation and release of funds	Subcommittee on Committee Budgets BUDG	2020-05-14	43-1
Examine and report on financial matters, including proposed estimates and Senate policies	Subcommittee on the Senate Estimates SEBS	2020-05-14	43-1
Friday, September 11, 2020 at 1:20 PM
Examine and report on issues related to human resources in the Senate	Subcommittee on Human Resources HRRH	2020-05-14	43-1
Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 9:34 AM Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 12:31 PM Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 2:50 PM Friday, June 19, 2020 at 3:00 PM Monday, June 15, 2020 at 2:30 PM Friday, June 12, 2020 at 10:00 AM