Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Finance

Issue 26 - Orders of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Tuesday, April 12, 2016:

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Doyle:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine and report on the financial implications and regional considerations of Canada's aging population, including but not limited to:

Federal transfers to provinces, territories and Aboriginal governments to support the increased health care costs associated with the rise in the number of individuals requiring care at home and in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities;

How the federal government can support economic development in areas with an aging population; and

Other related matters.

That the committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2017, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until 180 days after the tabling of the final report.

After debate,

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

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, February 15, 2017:

The Honourable Senator Bellemare moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hubley:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine and report upon the expenditures set out in the Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017.

With leave of the Senate and pursuant to rule 5-10(1), the motion was modified to read as follows:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine and report upon the expenditures set out in the Supplementary Estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017; and

That the committee be authorized to meet for the purposes of its study of the expenditures set out in Supplementary Estimates (C), even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto.

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

Charles Robert

Clerk of the Senate