Proceedings of the Committee on
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

Second Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2002-03

Chair: The Honourable LORNA MILNE

Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Wednesday February 12, 2003

Issue No. 5

First and second meetings on: The Code of Conduct

APPEARING:

The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, P.C., Leader of the Government in the Senate

WITNESS:

From the Senate of Canada:

Mark Audcent, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Chair

The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Di Nino, Fraser, Grafstein, Joyal, P.C., Kroft, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Murray, P.C., Ringuette-Maltais, Robertson, Rompkey, P.C., Smith, P.C., Stratton, Wiebe

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

Substitution pending for Senator Bacon (February 12, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Kroft was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pépin (February 10, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Ringuette-Maltais* was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pitfield (February 6, 2003).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fraser was added (February 6, 2003).

* Adoption of the 4th report of the Selection Committee

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