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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, June 28, 2006

The Standing Committee on the Conflict of Interest for Senators

has the honour to table its

FIRST REPORT


Pursuant to Rule 104, your Committee reports that the expenses incurred by the committee during the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Parliament and the Intersessional Authority during the period following dissolution of the Thirty-eighth Parliament were as follows:

Conflict of Interest (July 19, 2005 to November 29, 2005) 

Transport and Communications

$    37

Professional & Other Services

606

 

__________

Total

$  643

Intersessional Authority (November 29, 2005 to April 3, 2006)

Transport and Communications

$            0

Professional & Other Services

7,499

 

__________

Total

$     7,499

Following the adoption by the Senate of the Conflict of Interest Code for Senators, your Committee was established for the first time in the First Session of the 38th Parliament, pursuant to Rule 87(1)(t), and held its organizational meeting on July 19, 2005.

Your Committee held a series of meetings on matters relating to the Conflict of Interest Code for Senators, including the forms to be completed by Senators under the Code, correspondence and explanatory materials to Senators, the interpretation of various provisions in the Code, consultation with and directives to the Senate Ethics Officer, and the procedures regarding declarations under section 14(1) of the Code, among other matters.

In accordance with the provisions of the Conflict of Interest Code for Senators and the order of reference from the Standing Senate Committee on the Conflict of Interest for Senators dated November 22, 2005, immediately following the dissolution of the 38th Parliament on November 29, 2005, the Intersessional Authority on Conflict of Interest for Senators was established and met for the purpose of organization. The Intersessional Authority held meetings on matters relating to the Conflict of Interest Code for Senators, including the public disclosure statements of Senators, the operation of the registry, and other matters related to the implementation of the Code. The Intersessional Authority met on several occasions with the Senate Ethics Officer, and agreed that the papers and records generated by and on its behalf, following the dissolution of the 38th Parliament, be entrusted to the care and keeping of the clerk of the committee.

The membership of a new committee for the First Session of the Thirty-ninth was approved by the Senate on June 7, 2006.

Respectfully submitted,

Signed by all members of the Committee
The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Angus, Carstairs, P.C., Joyal, P.C., and Robichaud, P.C.


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