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Meeting No. 15
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
WEDNESDAY, December 3rd, 1997
The Special Joint Committee on the Amendment to Term 17 of the Terms of Union of Newfoundland met in camera at 4:46 p.m., this day, in room 536 Wellington, the Co-Chairs, Joyce Fairbairn and Gerry Byrne, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: Pierre Brien, Gerry Byrne, Elinor Caplan, Paul DeVillers, Michelle Dockrill, Raymonde Folco, Peter Goldring, Inky Mark, Joe McGuire, Rey Pagtakhan, Werner Schmidt.
Acting Member present: Mauril Bélanger for Claudette Bradshaw.
Representing the Senate: Joyce Fairbairn, Philippe D. Gigantès, Noel A. Kinsella, Landon Pearson.
In attendance: From the Committees and Private Legislation Directorate of the Senate: Blair Armitage, Co-Clerk of the Special Joint Committee. From the Parliamentary Research Branch: Mollie Dunsmuir and Jack Stillborn, Research Officers.
Pursuant to the Orders of Reference adopted by the Senate on November 5, 1997 and by the House of Commons on October 28, 1997, the Committee met to consider matters related to the proposed resolution respecting a proposed Amendment to Term 17 of the Terms of Union of Newfoundland with Canada concerning the Newfoundland school system.
The Committee continued consideration of its draft report.
Bill Rompkey moved, - That the draft report , as amended, be concured in.
The question being put on the motion, it was agreed to on the following division: YEAS 12; NAYS 4.
It was agreed, - That the Co-Chairs be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes to the report as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.
It was agreed, - That the Co-Chairs table the report to their respective Houses as soon as possible.
It was agreed, - That 200 copies of the report be printed by the Senate and 550 copies of the report be printed by the House of Commons.
On motion of Werner Schmidt, it was agreed, - That the Committee authorize the printing of dissenting opinions as appendices to the report, immediately after the signatures of the Joint Chairs.
At 5:46 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Roger Préfontaine
Co-Clerk of the Committee