Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Issue 23 - Order of Reference

Extract of the Journals of the Senate, on Thursday, December 2, 2004:

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

That the petitions tabled during the Third Session of the Thirty-seventh Parliament, calling on the Senate to declare the City of Ottawa, Canada's capital, a bilingual city, be sent to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs for consideration;

That the committee consider the merits of amending section 16 of the Constitution Act, 1867; and

That the committee report to the Senate no later than April 30, 2005.

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

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate