Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee
on Senate Modernization
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16
Chair: The Honourable THOMAS JOHNSON MCINNIS
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016 (public and in camera)
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 (in camera)
Issue No. 2
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
and
Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh meetings:
Consideration of methods to make the Senate more effective within the current constitutional framework
- Minutes of Proceedings - March 23, 2016
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 12, 2016
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 13, 2016
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 18, 2016 (Morning Meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 18, 2016 (Afternoon Meeting)
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 20, 2016
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - March 23, 2016
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 12, 2016
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 13, 2016
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 18, 2016 (Morning Meeting)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The Honourable Senator Stephen Greene;
The Honourable Senator Paul J. Massicotte.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
As an individual:
Meg Russell, Director, Constitution Unit, Department of Political Science, University College London (by video conference).
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
As individuals:
Paul Thomas, Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba (by video conference).
Stéphane Beaulac, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal.
Donald Desserud, Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, University of Prince Edward Island.
Errol Mendes, Professor, Faculty of Law — Common Law, University of Ottawa.
Monday, April 18, 2016 (public and in camera)
As an individual:
The Right Honourable the Lord Hope of Craighead, KT, Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, House of Lords of the United Kingdom (by video conference).
As an individual:
The Right Honourable the Lord Hope of Craighead, KT, Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, House of Lords of the United Kingdom (by video conference).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Thomas Johnson McInnis, Chair
The Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bellemare, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Cools, Eggleton, P.C., Frum, Greene, *Harder, P.C., Johnson, Massicotte, McCoy, McIntyre, Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Wells
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 5)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. (April 18, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (April 18, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (March 23, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (March 23, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (March 9, 2016).