Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on
Senate Modernization
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable THOMAS JOHNSON MCINNIS
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 (in camera)
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Issue No. 9
Twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth meetings:
Consideration of methods to make the Senate more effective within the current constitutional framework
and
Second and third meetings:
Bill S-213, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 and the Parliament
of Canada Act
(Speakership of the Senate)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
As an individual:
The Honourable Dan Hays, P.C., former Speaker of the Senate.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
As individuals:
Kate Glover, Professor, Faculty of Law, Western University;
Benoît Pelletier, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.
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), Dean, Dupuis, Eggleton, P.C., Frum, Gagné, Gold, Greene, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Lankin, P.C., Massicotte, McCoy, McIntyre, Stewart Olsen, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wells
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 5)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (February 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (February 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Smith replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (February 7, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (February 7, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (February 6, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McCoy replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (February 1, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Mitchell replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (January 31, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator McCoy (January 26, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Gagné was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Dean was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Mockler was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Forest was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Bellemare was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Dupuis was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., was added to the membership (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Cools was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (December 15, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Tannas was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (December 15, 2016).