Proceedings of the Subcommittee on the
Boreal Forest

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

From Minutes of Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of February 19, 1998

That a subcommittee be created and that it be authorized to inquire into issues related to the harvest of the Boreal Forest and other matters relating to forestry which may be referred to it from time to time by the committee;

That the subcommittee be given powers extended to the Standing Committee on Agriculture by rules 89 and 90 of the Rules of the Senate of Canada with the exception of the power to report its findings to the Senate directly;

That the subcommittee be comprised of five (5) members, three of whom shall constitute a quorum;

That the initial membership of the Subcommittee on the Boreal Forest be as follows, the Honourable Senators Robichaud, Spivak, Stratton, Taylor and Whelan;

That substitution in membership be communicated to the clerk of the subcommittee.

Blair Armitage

Clerk of the Committee