Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on
Senate Modernization
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable THOMAS J. MCINNIS
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Issue No. 10
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
Twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh meetings:
Consideration of methods to make the Senate more effective within the current constitutional framework
Fourth (final) meeting:
Bill S-213, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 and the Parliament of Canada Act
(Speakership of the Senate)
INCLUDING:
THE ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-213)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
As individuals:
Gary Levy, Research Fellow, Carleton University;
B. Thomas Hall.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
As an individual:
Gary W. O'Brien, Former Clerk of the Senate.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Thomas J. 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., Forest, Frum, Gagné, Gold, Greene, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), 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 Gold replaced the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C. (March 23, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Dean replaced the Honourable Senator Cormier (March 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (March 8, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Cormier replaced the Honourable Senator Dean (March 7, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C. (March 6, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Forest replaced the Honourable Senator Gold (February 15, 2017).