REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE |
October 29, 2002 |
The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
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 the estimates and legislation referred to it, reports pursuant
to Rule 104 of the Rules of the Senate, that the expenses incurred by the
Committee during the First Session of the Thirty-Seventh Parliament are as
follows:
1. With respect to its consideration of estimates and legislation:
Professional Services | $ 2,093 |
Witness expenses | $ 2,742 |
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TOTAL | $ 4,835 |
2.
With respect to its special study on Equalization
Witness expenses | $ 4,851 |
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TOTAL | $ 4,851 |
3. With respect to its special study on the Goose Bay Labrador Airfield
Professional Services | $ 9,133 |
Witness expenses | $ 2,962 |
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TOTAL | $ 12,095 |
Your Committee held 59 meetings, during which it heard 148 witnesses and presented 20 reports during the session. It reviewed the Main Estimates for 2001-2002 and began examination of the Main Estimates for 2002-2003. It reviewed three sets of Supplementary Estimates covering the years 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. The Committee examined five bills including Bill S-23, An Act to amend the Customs Act and to make related amendments to other Acts, which was introduced in the Senate. The Committee carried out three special studies, namely, the effectiveness of the present equalization policy, the role of the government in the financing of deferred maintenance costs in Canada’s post-secondary institutions and the administrative contract at the Goose Bay, Labrador Airfield.
Respectfully submitted,
Lowell Murray
Chairman