Proceedings of the Subcommittee on
Transportation Safety

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Tuesday, March 21, 2000:

The Honourable Senator Bacon moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C.:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications be authorized to examine and make recommendations upon the state of transportation safety and security in Canada and to complete a comparative review of technical issues and legal and regulatory structures with a view to ensuring that transportation safety and security in Canada are of such high quality as to meet the needs of Canada and Canadians in the twenty-first century; and

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject and the work accomplished by the Special Senate Committee on Transportation Safety and Security during the First Session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament be referred to the committee; and

That the committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2000.

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

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate

Extract from the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications of May 2, 2000:

That a Subcommittee on Transportation Safety be established to study matters relating to transportation safety which may be referred to it from time to time by the committee;

That the subcommittee consist of five (5) members, three (3) of whom shall constitute a quorum;

That the initial membership of the Subcommittee on Transportation Safety be as follows: the Honourable Senators Adams, Callbeck, Forrestall, Perrault, P.C. and Roberge; and

That a substitution in membership be communicated to the Clerk of the Subcommittee;

That the subcommittee be authorized to send for persons, papers and records, whenever required, and to print from day to day such papers and evidence as may be ordered by it;

That the committee's power to permit coverage by electronic media of meetings be conferred on the subcommittee;

That the study on the state of transportation safety and security in Canada and to complete a comparative review of technical issues and legal and regulatory structures, referred to the committee by the Senate on March 21, 2000 be referred to the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation Safety for consideration and report pursuant to the Rules of the Senate.

Michel Patrice

Clerk of the Committee