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ORDERS OF REFERENCE

Extract from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs:

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September 19, 1995
(Meeting No. 85)

After debate, on motion of Don Boudria, it was agreed,--That, four Sub-Committees be struck to consider the objections filed for Ontario, Québec, Western Canada (B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and for Eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland);

--that, each Sub-Committee be empowered, except when the Committee otherwise orders, to send for persons, papers and records, to sit while the House is sitting, to sit during periods when the House stands adjourned, to print from day to day such papers and evidence as may be ordered by the Sub-Committee;

--that, the Whips from the three parties appoint three members to each Sub-Committee;

and,

--that, the Sub-Committee report to the Committee no later than October 16, 1995.

ATTEST

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September 26, 1995
(Meeting No. 87)

By unanimous consent, the Committee reverted to the consideration of the motion adopted on September 19, 1995 which reads as follows:

--That, four Sub-Committees be struck to consider the objections filed for Ontario, Québec, Western Canada (B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and for Eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland);

--that, each Sub-Committee be empowered, except when the Committee otherwise orders, to send for persons, papers and records, to sit while the House is sitting, to sit during periods where the House stands adjourned, to print from day to day such papers and evidence as may be ordered by the Sub-Committee;

--that, the Whips from the three parties appoint three members to each Sub-Committee;

and,

--that, the Sub-Committee report to the Committee no later than October 16, 1995.

It was agreed,--That, the motion be amended by striking out in paragraph 3, the words ``three members'' and substituting the following:

``four members''.

And the question being put on the amendment, it was agreed to.

The motion, as amended, carried.

ATTEST

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October 3, 1995
(Meeting No. 88)

After debate, it was agreed,--That, notwithstanding the Committee's decision of Tuesday, September 26, 1995, the deadline for the reports of the Sub-Committees' for Ontario, Québec, the Western and Eastern Provinces be extended to Monday, October 23, 1995.

On motion of Bob Ringma, it was agreed,--That, in accordance with Section 22 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, the Committee request from the House of Commons an extension for its consideration of the objections filed on the proposed electoral boundaries to November 30th, 1995 and that, the Chairman be instructed to present a report to the House.

ATTEST

Marie Carrière

Clerk of the Committee

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