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Major Legislative and Special Study Reports by Senate Committees MAJOR LEGISLATIVE AND SPECIAL STUDY REPORTS BY SENATE COMMITTEES 1961-2018 Committees and Private Legislation Directorate July 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE .......................................................................................................................... v LIST OF DATES BY PARLIAMENTS AND SESSIONS ........................................... vi STANDING COMMITTEES ABORIGINAL PEOPLES ......................................................................................................................... 2 ABORIGINAL PEOPLES SUBCOMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RELATIONS TO NORTHERN NATIONAL PARKS .............................................................................. 3 AGRICULTURE ........................................................................................................................................ 4 AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY ................................................................................... 4 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY ......................................................................................................... 5 SUBCOMMITTE ON BOREAL FOREST ................................................................................................ 7 BANKING, TRADE AND COMMERCE ................................................................................................. 7 ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES .............................................................................................13 ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES .....................................................14 FISHERIES ...............................................................................................................................................18 FISHERIES AND OCEANS .....................................................................................................................19 FOREIGN AFFAIRS ................................................................................................................................20 FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE .......................................................................23 NATIONAL DEFENCE............................................................................................................................25 HEALTH, WELFARE AND SCIENCE ...................................................................................................25 HUMAN RIGHTS.....................................................................................................................................25 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS ........................................................................................28 (COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE)...........................................................................................................30 NATIONAL FINANCE ............................................................................................................................31 NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENCE..............................................................................................34 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ........................................................................................................................37 i PRIVILEGES, STANDING RULES AND ORDERS ..............................................................................39 RULES, PROCEDURES AND THE RIGHTS OF PARLIAMENT ........................................................39 SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ...........................................................................39 SUBCOMMITTEE ON CITIES ...............................................................................................................43 SUBCOMMITTEE ON POPULATION HEALTH ..................................................................................44 SUBCOMMITTEE ON POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION ................................................................44 SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRAINING ANDEMPLOYMENT....................................................................44 SUBCOMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS ....................................................................................45 SUBCOMMITTEE TO UPDATE “OF LIFE AND DEATH” ..................................................................46 STANDING RULES AND ORDERS .......................................................................................................46 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................47 SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS .......................................................................................49 SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ........................................................................49 SPECIAL COMMITTEES AGING ......................................................................................................................................................51 ANTI-TERRORISM .................................................................................................................................51 ANTI-TERRORISM ACT ........................................................................................................................51 BILL C-21 .................................................................................................................................................51 BILL C-36 .................................................................................................................................................52 BILL C-110 ...............................................................................................................................................52 CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ..........................................................................52 CAPE BRETON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ............................................................................52 CONSTITUTION ......................................................................................................................................53 EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE............................................................................................53 ILLEGAL DRUGS ....................................................................................................................................53 LAND USE IN CANADA ........................................................................................................................53 MANPOWER AND EMPLOYMENT ......................................................................................................53 ii MASS MEDIA ..........................................................................................................................................54 NATIONAL DEFENCE............................................................................................................................54 THE NORTHERN PIPELINE ..................................................................................................................54 PEARSON AIRPORT AGREEMENT .....................................................................................................55 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN CANADA ................................................................................55 POVERTY .................................................................................................................................................55 RETIREMENT AGE POLICIES ..............................................................................................................55 RULES OF THE SENATE .......................................................................................................................55 SCIENCE POLICY ...................................................................................................................................55 SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ........................................................................................................56 SENATE MODERNIZATION .................................................................................................................56 SENATE REFORM ..................................................................................................................................56 SUBJECT MATTER OF BILL C-36 ........................................................................................................57 TERRORISM AND PUBLIC SAFETY ...................................................................................................57 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND SECURITY .................................................................................57 YOUTH .....................................................................................................................................................57 JOINT COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AMENDMENT TO TERM 17 OF THE TERMS OF UNION OF NEWFOUNLAND ...........................59 CANADA’S DEFENCE POLICY ............................................................................................................59 CANADA’S FOREIGN POLICY, REVIEWING ....................................................................................59 CANADA'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS .......................................................................................59 CHILD CUSTODY AND ACCESS .........................................................................................................59 CODE OF CONDUCT 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