Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration – March 12, 2020: The committee considers the creation of a meditation or prayer room within the Senate building. Senators also discuss potentially slanderous comments that were spoken at (...)

The committee hears from two panels of industry representatives in its continuing study of Bill C-4, an Act to implement the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement, the new North American free trade deal. Appearing before the committee (...)

Officials from government departments and advocacy groups explain their funding requests related to the 2019-2020 supplementary estimates. Appearing on the first panel are Natural Resources Canada’s Linda Hurdle, Joyce Henry and Glenn (...)

National Finance – March 11, 2020 – Part 1: Officials from several government departments and agencies explain their departmental funding requests allocated in the 2019-2020 supplementary estimates. Appearing on the first panel (...)

Foreign Affairs – March 11, 2020: The committee continues its study of Bill C-4, an Act to implement the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement, the new North American free trade deal. Appearing before the committee are Global (...)

National Finance – March 10, 2020 Part 1: Representatives from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) and the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) provide an overview of the supplementary estimates (B) for the (...)

National Finance – March 10, 2020 – Part 2: Officials from several government departments and agencies explain their departmental funding requests allocated in the 2019-2020 supplementary estimates. Appearing on the first panel (...)

Foreign Affairs – March 10, 2020: The committee begins its study of Bill C-4, an Act to implement the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement, the new North American free trade deal. Appearing before the committee to assist with (...)

Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration – February 27, 2020: The Senate’s Chief Financial Officer Pierre Lanctôt briefs the committee on the Senate’s financial statements for the year 2018-2019 and quarterly expenses. Also (...)

Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration – February 6, 2020: The committee discusses a draft policy on the prevention of harassment in the Senate workplace. The proposal is intended to strengthen and modernize the existing (...)

Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration – December 12, 2019: The committee proceeds to study a number of financial and administrative matters. Independent Senator Lucie Moncion presents a report from the subcommittee on Senate (...)

National Finance – December 9, 2019 – Part 2: Numerous government officials respond to questions about their departmental budgets allocated in the 2020 supplementary estimates. Government officials speaking to the committee are (...)

National Finance – December 9, 2019 – Part 1: Senators question officials from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and other departments to mark the start of the committee’s study on the 2020 supplementary estimates. (...)

Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration – November 7, 2019: Senators discuss whether they should reallocate funding or expend new money to fund the newly formed senators’ group called the Canadian Senators Group (CSG). 11 (...)

Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration – September 5, 2019: Senators discuss a recent incident where a man was allegedly asked by security to leave a tour of the Senate building unless he turned his ‘I Heart Canadian Oil (...)

Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration – June 20, 2019: Senators discuss financial and administrative matters relating to the governance framework for long-term vision and plan projects, witness expenses, and the Senate’s (...)

National Finance – June 19, 2019: Senators begin their pre-study of Bill C-101, legislation aimed at protecting the Canadian market against a potential increase of foreign steel dumping. It would amend the Customs Tariff and the (...)

Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources – June 18, 2019: Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett outlines Bill C-88, legislation to amend the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and the Canada Petroleum (...)

National Security and Defence – June 17, 2019: Senators hold a meeting into its proposed study of the failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. The committee agrees to extend the deadline for the investigation’s report (...)

Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration – June 13, 2019: Senators receive a general overview of the work of Parliamentary Associations during the last fiscal year, as described in the Activities and Expenditures Report 2018-19. (...)

Social Affairs, Science and Technology – June 13, 2019: Senators hear from their last witnesses on Bill C-84, which amends the Criminal Code to crack down on bestiality and animal fighting offences. Monique St. Germain from the (...)

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – June 13, 2019: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale outlines Bill C-93’s measure to establish an expedited and simplified pardon system for individuals with criminal (...)

Aboriginal Peoples – June 12, 2019 – Part 2: Senators resume their consideration of Bill C-262, legislation to ensure that the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous (...)

Social Affairs, Science and Technology – June 12, 2019: Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti discusses Bill C-84’s measures to tackle bestiality and animal fighting offences. Representatives of Canada’s (...)

National Finance – June 12, 2019: Senators conduct their clause-by-clause review of the budget implementation bill, C-97.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs – June 12, 2019: Senators conclude their clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-78, which updates Canada’s divorce and family laws. The committee then considers appending observations to their (...)

Aboriginal Peoples – June 12, 2019 – Part 1: Senators continue their clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-91, which aims to protect and promote Indigenous languages, and Bill C-92, legislation to affirm the rights and (...)

National Finance – June 11, 2019: Senators examine Bill C-97’s provisions aimed at changing the Canada Student Loans Act and the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act. Speaking today are Sofia Descalzi (Canadian Federation of (...)

Aboriginal Peoples – June 11, 2019: Senators resume their clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-91, which aims to protect and promote Indigenous languages, and also Bill C-262, legislation to ensure that the laws of Canada are in (...)

National Security and Defence – June 10, 2019: Liberal MP David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), presents his committee’s first annual report. NSICOP’s mandate is (...)