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Senate Modernization (Special)


Proceedings of Special Senate Committee on
Senate Modernization

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16

Chair: The Honourable THOMAS JOHNSON MCINNIS


Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Issue No. 6

Eighteenth and nineteenth meetings:

Consideration of methods to make the Senate more effective within the current constitutional framework

INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Senate Modernization: Moving Forward (Regional Interest))

THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Senate Modernization: Moving Forward (Broadcasting))

THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Senate Modernization: Moving Forward (Question Period))

THE TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Senate Modernization: Moving Forward (Nature))


WITNESSES:

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

The Honourable Senator Claude Carignan, P.C., Leader of the Opposition.

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

As an individual:

The Honourable Hugh Segal, former senator (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:

*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Cools, Eggleton, P.C., Frum, Greene, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Massicotte, McCoy, McIntyre, Mockler, Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Tkachuk, 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 Greene replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (October 19, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Smith replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (October 18, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Mockler was added to the membership (October 18, 2016).

The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (October 5, 2016).

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