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The Honourable Senators
Adams Atkins Austin Bacon Balfour Berntson Bolduc Bonnell Bryden Carstairs Cochrane Comeau Cools Corbin Davey De Bané DeWare Di Nino Doyle Fairbairn Gigantès Graham Grimard Gustafson Hays Hébert Hervieux-Payette Jessiman Kelleher Kelly Keon Kinsella Landry Lavoie-Roux LeBreton Lewis Losier-Cool Lynch-Staunton MacDonald (Halifax) Maheu Marchand Milne Murray Nolin Oliver Ottenheimer Pearson Poulin Prud'homme Rivest Rizzuto Roberge Robertson Robichaud Rompkey Rossiter Roux Simard Sparrow Stanbury Stewart Stollery Tkachuk Watt Wood
PRAYERS.
THURSDAY, April 25, 1996
The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry has the honour to table its
FIRST REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate to incur expenses for the purpose of its examination and consideration of such legislation and other matters as were referred to it, reports, pursuant to Rule 104, that the expenses of the Committee during the First Session of the Thirty-Fifth Parliament were as follows:
A. With respect to its examination and consideration of legislation:
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Committee Travel |
-- |
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Registration Fees |
-- |
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Contract Consulting |
-- |
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Advertising |
-- |
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Temporary Help |
-- |
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Hospitality |
$ 109.80 |
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Miscellaneous |
$897.02 |
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Total |
$ 1,006.82 |
B. With respect to its special study on the future of agriculture in Canada:
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Committee Travel |
$17,524.78 |
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Registration Fees |
-- |
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Contract Consulting |
2,500.00 |
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Advertising |
-- |
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Temporary Help |
-- |
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Hospitality |
302.41 |
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Miscellaneous |
751.52 |
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Total |
$21,078.71 |
The following expenses, incurred by the Committee with respect to its examination and consideration of legislation, were charged to the budget of the Committees and Private Legislation Directorate:
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Witnesses' expenses |
$ 9,389.40 |
The following expenses, incurred by the Committee with respect to its study on the future of agriculture in Canada, were charged to the budget of the Committees and Private Legislation Directorate:
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Witnesses' expenses |
$ 1,065.19 |
In the course of the First Session of the Thirty-Fifth Parliament, your Committee held thirty-eight meetings and heard one hundred and fourteen witnesses. Twenty-three of the meetings, at which ninety-eight witnesses appeared, were held jointly with the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. Your Committee considered seven Government public bills (C-49, C-50, C-51, C-61, C-75, C-86 and C-92). In addition, it tabled an interim report for its special study on farm safety and farm-related health issues entitled: "Farm Machinery: Lost Lives, Lost Limbs"; an interim report for its special study on the future of agriculture in Canada entitled: "New Realities and Tough Choices: From Agriculture to Agri-Food"; and a final report on the same Order of Reference entitled: "Agricultural Trade: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry's Fact-Finding Missions to Washington and Winnipeg." In all, your Committee issued twelve reports in relation to its work.
Respectfully submitted,
Leonard J. Gustafson
Chairman
The Honourable Senator Graham moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Corbin:
That when the Senate adjourns today, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, April 30, 1996, at 2:00 p.m.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Murray, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Berntson:
That a special committee of the Senate be appointed to examine and report upon the Annual Report and Corporate Plan of the Cape Breton Development Corporation and related matters;
That the committee be composed of twelve Senators, three of whom shall constitute a quorum;
That the committee have power to send for persons, papers and records, to examine witnesses, to report from time to time and to print such papers and evidence from day to day as may be ordered by the committee;
That the committee have power to sit during sittings and adjournments of the Senate; and
That the committee submit its final report no later than June 15, 1996.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Milne moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bonnell, that the Bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Berntson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Jessiman, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Second reading of Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Contraventions Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
The Honourable Senator Losier-Cool moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Corbin, that the Bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Losier-Cool moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., that the Bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Order No. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
That the following Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor General of Canada:
To His Excellency the Right Honourable Roméo A. LeBlanc, a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:
We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the Senate of Canada in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Berntson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator DeWare, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
That Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications have power to sit at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays for the duration of its study of Bill C-14, An Act to continue the National Transportation Agency as the Canadian Transportation Agency, to consolidate and revise the National Transportation Act, 1987 and the Railway Act and to amend or repeal other Acts as a consequence, even though the Senate may then be sitting and that Rule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Report on the Implementation of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement for July 9, 1993 to March 31, 1994, pursuant to article 37.3.3 (h)(ii) of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement as ratified by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, S.C. 1993, c. 29.-Sessional Paper 2/35-107.
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The name of the Honourable Senator Anderson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator De Bané (April 24).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The name of the Honourable Senator Carstairs substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Gauthier (April 24).
