Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament (RPRD) (French: Commité permanent du Sénat du Règlement, de la procédure et des droits du Parlement) is a committee of the Senate of Canada. As a standing committee, the rules of the Senate re-establish the committee at the opening of every new session of the Senate (otherwise the committee would permanently dissolve). The committee is charged with considering the possible repercussions and consequences of the motion of Hugh Segal to televise the proceedings of the Senate for public viewing.^[1]

Mandate

The committee's mandate is:

on its own initiative to propose, from time to time, amendments to the rules for consideration by the Senate;
upon reference from the Senate, to examine and, if required, report on any question of privilege; and
to consider the orders and customs of the Senate and privileges of Parliament.^[2]

Membership

The Leaders of the Government (Vacant) and Opposition (Hon. Claude Carignan) are members ex officio of the Committee.

	Member	Province
Conservative	Vernon White, deputy chair	ON
Conservative	Denise Batters	SK
Conservative	Linda Frum	ON
Conservative	Yonah Martin	BC
Conservative	Tom McInnis	NS
Conservative	Kelvin Ogilvie	NS
Conservative	Judith Seidman	QC
Conservative	David Tkachuk	SK
Conservative	David Wells	NL
Independent	Frances Lankin	ON
Independent	John D. Wallace	NB
Liberal	Joan Fraser, chair	QC
Liberal	Mobina Jaffer	BC

Notes

↑ "Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament". Information Service, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved on 2012-02-09.
↑ "Mandate". Information Service, Parliament of Canada. Retrieved on 2012-02-09.

Standing Committees of the Parliament of Canada

House of Commons	Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Agriculture and Agri-Food Canadian Heritage Citizenship and Immigration Environment and Sustainable Development Finance Fisheries and Oceans Foreign Affairs and International Development Government Operations and Estimates Health Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Indigenous and Northern Affairs Industry, Science and Technology International Trade Justice and Human Rights National Defence Natural Resources Official Languages Procedure and House Affairs Public Accounts Public Safety and National Security Status of Women Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Veterans Affairs

Senate	Aboriginal Peoples Agriculture and Forestry Banking, Trade and Commerce Conflict of Interest for Senators Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Fisheries and Oceans Foreign Affairs and International Development Human Rights Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Legal and Constitutional Affairs National Finance National Security and Defence (Veterans Affairs) Official Languages Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament Selection Social Affairs, Science and Technology Transport and Communication

Joint	Library of Parliament Scrutiny of Regulations

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