Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

Issue 31 - Minutes of Proceedings - March 7, 2013

OTTAWA, Thursday, March 7, 2013
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce met in camera this day at 10:30 a.m., in room 505, Victoria Building, the chair, the Honourable Irving Gerstein, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Black, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Maltais, Moore, Nancy Ruth, Oliver and Ringuette (9).

In attendance: Adriane Yong, Brett Stuckey and June Dewetering, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, the committee continued its review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (S.C. 2000, c. 17), pursuant to section 72 of the said Act. (For the complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 9.)

Pursuant to rule 12-16(1)(d), the committee considered a draft report.

It was agreed that senators' staff be allowed to stay in the room and that blackberries and cellular phones not be used.

It was moved that the draft report be adopted and that the chair and deputy chair be empowered to approve the final version of the report with any necessary editorial, grammatical and translation changes required.

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

At 11:06 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Barbara Reynolds

Clerk of the Committee