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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 23
Thursday, March 19, 1998
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met at 3:38 o’clock p.m., this day, in Room 209, West Block, the Chair, John Williams, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Mark Assad, Odina Desrochers, Gurmant Grewal, Ivan Grose, Jason Kenney, René Laurin, Steve Mahoney, Philip Mayfield, Lynn Myers, Rey Pagtakhan, Andrew Telegdi and John Williams.
Acting Members present: Eleni Bakopanos for Sue Barnes, Ken Epp for Philip Mayfield, Jim Jones for Elsie Wayne, Ian Murray for Mac Harb, Alex Shepherd for Mark Assad.
In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Brian O’Neal and Jean Dupuis, Research Officers.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108 (3)(e), the Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to the future business of the Committee.
The Chair presented the Fifth Report of the Sub-Committee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows :
The Sub-committee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts met on Thursday, March 12, 1998 and agreed to recommend that the Committee add the following meetings to its schedule of meetings:
- Thursday, March 19 at 3:30 p.m. to consider the following matters: the Report of the Sub-Committee on Agenda and Procedure, the Draft Report on Chapter 28 (Salmon Fisheries), The Draft Report on Chapter 25 (Refugees) and the Draft Report on the Public Accounts of Canada 1997;
- Tuesday, March 24 at 3:30 p.m. on Chapter 27 ( Ozone Layer Protection – The Unfinished Journey) of the December 1997 Report of the Auditor General for a second meeting with the witnesses heard on February 26, 1998;
- Tuesday, April 21 at 3:30 p.m. on the Main Estimates 1998-99 of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada; and
- A meeting in May on the Year 2000 Project.
It was agreed, -That the reference to the proposed meeting on March 24 be deleted.
It was agreed, -That the Fifth Report of the Sub-committee on Agenda and Procedure, as amended, be concurred.
At 3:41 o’clock p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 3:43 o’clock p.m., the sitting resumed.
The Committee proceeded to sit in camera to consider a Draft Report on Chapter 28 of the December 1997 Report of the Auditor General of Canada (Fisheries and Oceans Canada- - Pacific Salmon : Sustainability of the Resource Base).
The Committee considered the Draft Report and proposed revisions thereto.
It was agreed, -That the Draft Report, as amended, be concurred in.
It was agreed, -That the Chair be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes to the Report as may be necessary without changing the substance of the Report.
It was ordered, -That the Report, as amended, be presented by the Chair or the Vice-Chair of the Committee to the House of Commons.
The Committee proceeded to the consideration of a Draft Report on Chapter 25 of the December 1997 Report of the Auditor General of Canada (Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Immigration and Refugee Board -- The Processing of Refugee Claims).
The Committee considered part of the Draft Report and proposed revisions thereto.
It was agreed, -That the Committee meet on Thursday, March 26, 1998 at 3 :30 p.m. and that the Order of business be as follows : (1) Draft Report on the Public Accounts of Canada 1996-97; and (2) Draft Report on Chapter 25 of the December 1997 Report of the Auditor General.
At 5 :43 o’clock p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Bernard G. Fournier
Clerk of the Committee