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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 4
Thursday, May 8, 2003
The Liaison Committee met in camera at 1:05 p.m. this day, in Room 112-N, Centre Block, the Vice-Chair, Judi Longfield, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Sue Barnes, Mauril Bélanger, Carolyn Bennett, Bonnie Brown, Joe Comuzzi, Joe Fontana, Gurmant Grewal, Walt Lastewka, Judi Longfield, Hon. Andy Scott.
Other Member present: Roger Gallaway.
In attendance: Rémi Bourgault, Committee Clerk; Richard Dupuis, Clerk of the Standing Committee on Finance; Georges Etoka, Clerk of the Subcommittee on Marine Transportation of the Standing Committee on Transport and Clerk of the Standing Committee on Transport; William J. Farrell, Clerk of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration; André Gagnon, Deputy Principal Clerk; Marc-Olivier Girard, Clerk of the Standing Committee on Official Languages; Thomas Hall, Clerk of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs; Patrice Martin, Clerk of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights; Richard Rumas, Clerk of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts; From the Financial and Human Resources Services Directorate: Nicholas Pappas, Senior Financial Officer.
The Committee proceeded to the consideration of its business pursuant to S.O. 107(1).
The Committee proceeded to the examination of the general budget envelope for committees. The Vice-Chair gave a presentation on the financial status of 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 fiscal years.
It
was agreed, - That the Chair of the Liaison Committee request to appear before
the Special Committee on the Modernization and Improvement of the Procedures of
the House of Commons in order to discuss the issue of the general mandate of
the Liaison Committee, the matter of prioritizing requests for international
travel and the possibility of linking budgets with orders of reference.
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Official Languages be
granted an operational budget of $73,200 for its study of the subject-matter of
Bill C-202, An Act to amend the Canada Health Act (linguistic duality).
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights be granted an operational budget of $9,600 for its study of Bill C-250, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda).
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be granted an operational budget of $30,000 for its study of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Income Tax Act (political financing).
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration be granted a travel budget of $125,435 to travel to London (UK), Berlin (Germany), Warsaw (Poland), Rome (Italy), Athens (Greece), and Madrid (Spain), in May and June 2003, for its study on a National Identity Card and review of the Implementation of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration be granted a travel budget of $106,602 to travel to Buenos Aires (Argentina), Santiago (Chile), San José (Costa Rica), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Guatemala City (Guatemala), in May and June 2003, for its study on a National Identity Card and review of the Implementation of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans be granted a travel budget of $159,741 to travel to Brussels, London, Southampton, Aberdeen, Oslo, Bergen, Reykjavik, from June 14 to 27, 2003, for its study of the Coast Guard, Custodial Management.
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Official Languages be
granted a travel budget of $182,190 to travel to Whitehorse, Vancouver,
St-Boniface, Sudbury, Quebec and Moncton, in September 2003, for public
hearings on its study of the subject-matter of Bill C-202, An Act to amend
the Canada Health Act (linguistic duality).
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Public Accounts be granted a travel budget of $12,777 to travel to Winnipeg Manitoba, from September 14 to 16, 2003, to attend the 24th Annual Conference of the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees.
It was agreed, - That the Standing Committee on Transport be granted a travel budget of $381,071 to travel to Vancouver, Kamloops, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Thompson, Churchill, Thunder Bay, Moncton, Halifax, Montreal, and Toronto, from May 25 to June 13, 2003, for its study of Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act, to enact the VIA Rail Canada Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
It was agreed, - That the Subcommittee on Marine Transportation of the Standing Committee on Transport be granted a travel budget of $136,630 to travel to London and Bristol, England, from June 17 to 27, 2003, for its study on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway System.
At 1:55 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Marc Bosc
Clerk of the Committee