Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Issue 1 - First Report of the Committee
Thursday, February 12, 2004
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs 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 incurred by the Committee during the Second Session of the 37th Parliament are as follows:
1.With respect to its examination of legislation:
| Professional Services | $ 22,051.00 |
| Transportation and Communications | --- |
| Other | 819.00 |
| Witness Expenses | 25,758.00 |
| TOTAL | $ 48,628.00 |
2. With respect to its special study on regulations made pursuant to An Act respecting firearms and other weapons, Statutes of Canada, 1995, Chapter 39, as contemplated by section 118(3) of that Act:
| Professional Services | $ 921.00 |
| Transportation and Communications | --- |
| Other | --- |
| Witness Expenses | --- |
| TOTAL | $ 921.00 |
During the Second Session of the 37th Parliament, your Committee considered twenty-two (22) orders of reference, held forty-seven (47) meetings and heard more than seventy-eight (78) hours from one hundred eighteenth (118) witnesses and submitted nine (9) reports in relation to its work.
Your Committee examined six bills, made seven (7) amendments and observations to two (2) of these Bills:
Bill C-10B, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals).
Bill S-5, An Act respecting a National Acadian Day.
Respectfully submitted,
GÉRALD A. BEAUDOIN
Deputy Chair