Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on
Senate Modernization
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable STEPHEN GREENE
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 (in camera)
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 (in camera)
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 (in camera)
Issue No. 19
Forty-fourth, forty-fifth, forty-sixth and forty-seventh meetings:
Consideration of methods to make the Senate more effective within the current constitutional framework
INCLUDING:
THE THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Reflecting the New Reality of the Senate)
WITNESS
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
The Honourable Senator Joseph A. Day, Senate Liberal Leader.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Stephen Greene, Chair
The Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., Deputy Chair
The Honourable Thomas J. McInnis, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Brazeau, Busson, *Day (or Mercer), Deacon (Ontario), Dyck, Frum, Gold, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Maltais, Mockler, Ravalia, *Smith (or Martin), Stewart Olsen, Verner, P.C., Wells, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 5)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November7, 2017 and November20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Gold replaced the Honourable Senator McCoy (December5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Brazeau replaced the Honourable Senator Gold (November28, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Gold replaced the Honourable Senator Brazeau (November28, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McInnis was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Ravalia was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Busson was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McCoy was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Wells was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Frum was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Brazeau was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Dyck was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Greene was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Mockler was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario) was added to the membership (November26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Greene was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McCoy was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McInnis was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Frum was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Brazeau was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario) was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Ravalia was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Wells was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Mockler was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Maltais was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (November5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (November5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (November5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (November5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (October31, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (October30, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (October30, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (October30, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (October30, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Ravalia was added to the membership (October5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario) was added to the membership (October5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Brazeau was added to the membership (October5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Massicotte was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (October5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (October5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Dean was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (October5, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (June13, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (June13, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Dean replaced the Honourable Senator Dalphond (June13, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Coyle (June13, 2018).