Chair of the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight, presented the following report:

Monday, February 8, 2021

The Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight has the honour to present its

SECOND REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Thursday, December 3, 2020, to consider and report on issues relating to the nomination of its external members to the Senate, respectfully requests funds for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 and requests, for the purpose of such study, that it be empowered:

(a)to engage the services of such counsel, technical, clerical and other personnel as may be necessary.

Pursuant to Chapter 3:06, section 2(1)(c) of the Senate Administrative Rules, 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,

DAVID M. WELLS

Chair

(For text of budget, see today’s Journals of the Senate, Appendix , p. 311.)

Honourable senators, with leave of the Senate and notwithstanding rule 5-5(f), I move that the report be adopted now.