Proceedings of the Special Senate
Committee on Bill C-110

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Senate, December 15, 1995

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Graham moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C.:

That a special committee of the Senate be appointed to consider, after second reading, Bill C-110, An Act respecting constitutional amendments;

That the following Senators be appointed to serve on the Special Committee: namely the Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Beaudoin, Carney, Carstairs, De Bané, Gauthier, Kinsella, Lewis, Marchand, Meighen, Murray and Rivest, and that three members constitute a quorum;

That the committee have power to send for persons, papers and records, to examine witnesses, and to print such papers and evidence from day to day as may be ordered by the committee;

That the committee have the power to sit during adjournments of the Senate;

That the committee have power to retain the services of professional, clerical, stenographic and such other staff as deemed advisable by the committee;

That the committee present its final report to the Senate no later than 9:00 a.m., February 1, 1996; and

That no later than 5:30 p.m. on Friday, February 2, 1996, any proceedings before the Senate shall be interrupted and all questions necessary to dispose of all remaining stages of the said Bill shall be put forthwith without further debate or amendment, and that any votes on any of those questions not be further deferred.

After debate,

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on division.

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Resuming the debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Grahanm, for the second reading of Bill C-110, An Act respecting constitutional amendments.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

The Bill was then read a second time.

The Honourable Senator Graham moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hébert, that the Bill be referred to the Special Committee of the Senate on Bill C-110, An Act respecting constitutional amendments.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.