Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
Issue 4 - Third, Forth and Fifth Reports of the Committee
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources has the honour to present its
THIRD REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred Bill C-260, An Act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (fire-safe cigarettes) has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Monday, February 23, 2004, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources has the honour to present its
FOURTH REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred Bill S-8, An Act concerning personal watercraft in navigable waters, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Thursday, February 12, 2004, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
Thursday, March 11, 2004
The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources has the honour to present its
FIFTH REPORT
Your Committee, was authorized by the Senate on February 10, 2004, to examine and report on emerging issues related to its mandate.
Pursuant to Section 2:07 of the Procedural Guidelines for the Financial Operation of Senate Committees, the budget submitted to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration and the report thereon of that Committee are appended to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
TOMMY BANKS
Chair
STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND NATURAL RESOURCES
SPECIAL STUDY
APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2005
Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, February 10, 2004:
The Honourable Senator Banks moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Grafstein:
That the Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources be authorized to examine and report on emerging issues related to its mandate:
(a) The current state and future direction of production, distribution, consumption, trade, security and sustainability of Canada's energy resources;
(b) Environmental challenges facing Canada including responses to global climate change, air pollution, biodiversity and ecological integrity;
(c) Sustainable development and management of renewable and non-renewable natural resources including water, minerals, soils, flora and fauna;
(d) Canada's international treaty obligations affecting energy, the environment and natural resources and their influence on Canada's economic and social development; and,
That the papers and evidence received and taken during the Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Parliament be referred to the committee;
That the committee report to the Senate from time to time, no later than February 28, 2005, and that the committee retain until March 31, 2005 all powers necessary to publicize its findings.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Paul C. Bélisle
Clerk of the Senate
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
Professional and Other Services
$ 0
Transportation and Communications
6,750
All Other Expenditures
2,000
TOTAL
$ 8,750
The above budget was approved by the Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources on Tuesday, March 9, 2004.
The undersigned or an alternate will be in attendance on the date that this budget is considered.
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Tommy Banks
Chair, Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources
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Lise Bacon
Chair, Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration
STANDING COMMITTEE ON
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND NATURAL RESOURCES
SPECIAL STUDY
EXPLANATION OF BUDGET ITEMS
APPLICATION FOR BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2005
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICES
| Total — Professional and Other Services | $ 0 |
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
| 1. Travel expenses (0201) | |||
| A. Travel for Conference in Vancouver | |||
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350 | ||
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1,500 | ||
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4,900 | ||
| Total — Transportation and Communications | 6,750 |
ALL OTHER EXPENDITURES
| 1. Miscellaneous contingencies (0799) | 2,000 | ||
| Total - All Other Expenditures | 2,000 | ||
| GRAND TOTAL | $ 8,750 |
The Senate administration has reviewed this budget application.
___________________________________________ __________Heather Lank, Principal Clerk, Committees Directorate Date
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Hélène Lavoie, Director of Finance
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APPENDIX (B) TO THE REPORT
Thursday, March 11, 2004
The Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has examined the budget presented to it by the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources for the proposed expenditures of the said Committee for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 for the purpose of examining and reporting on emerging issues related to its mandate, as authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, February 10, 2004. The approved budget is as follows:
Professional and Other Services
$ 0
Transportation and Communications
$ 6,750
Other Expenditures
$ 2,000
TOTAL
$ 8,750
(includes funds for attendance at a conference)
Respectfully submitted,
LISE BACON
Chair