The Chair presented the First Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure which read as follows:
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts has the honour to present its
FIRST REPORT
Your Subcommittee met on Monday, November 19, 2007, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:
1. That on November 20, 2007 the Committee hold a meeting on the Public Accounts of Canada;
2. That on November 22, 2007 the Committee hold a meeting on a follow-up on the Public Acccounts Committee recommendations and that they examine testimony for possible contempt of Parliament;
3. That on November 27, 2007 the Committee hold a meeting to consider the RCMP Report;
4. That on November 29, 2007 the Committee hold a meeting to consider the RCMP Report and other reports.
5. That the Committee write a letter to the Deputy Ministers indicating the Committee's intention to call them to explain why they haven't yet responded to a letter from the Chair, dated August 20, 2007, regarding the government's responses to recommendation of the Public Accounts Committee;
6. That the Committee write to Justice Canada requesting they share any analysis they have on the Statutory Authority of Deputy Ministers;
7. That the Committee write a letter to the Office of the Privy Council indicating the Committee's intention to call the Clerk of the Office of the Privy Council to the Committee to explain why it has not yet responded to the Chair's letter of June 20, 2007 regarding its knowledge about the contents of Claude Boulay's bank account.
Respectfully submitted,
SHAWN MURPHY
Chair