Wednesday, December 14, 2016

The Committee of Selection has the honour to present its

FIFTH REPORT

Pursuant to the orders of the Senate of December 7 and December 12, 2016, your committee submits herewith the list of honourable senators nominated by it to serve on the following committees:

Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights

Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

Special Senate Committee on Senate Modernization

Pursuant to rule 12-3(3) of the Rules of the Senate, the Government Representative (or Legislative Deputy) and the Leader of the Opposition (or Deputy Leader) are ex officio members of all committees except the Committee of Selection, the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators and the joint committees.

Pursuant to the motion adopted on December 7, 2016, the Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative (or Government Liaison) and the Leader of the Opposition (or Deputy Leader) are ex officio members of the Committee of Selection.

For greater certainty, your committee recommends that because the order adopted by the Senate on December 7, 2016 introduces a comprehensive system for committee membership changes covering all senators, letters that may have been sent to the Speaker prior to December 14, 2016, to authorize one of the whips to make membership changes for senators, should no longer be considered valid.

Respectfully submitted,