Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights

Issue 1 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, November 21, 2007:

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights be authorized to examine cases of alleged discrimination in the hiring and promotion practices of the Federal Public Service and to study the extent to which targets to achieve employment equity for minority groups are being met;

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject and the work accomplished during the Thirty-seventh Parliament, the Thirty-eighth Parliament and the First session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament be referred to the Committee; and

That the Committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than December 31, 2008.

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

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate