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:

1. on its own initiative to propose, from time to time, amendments to the rules for consideration by the Senate;
2. upon reference from the Senate, to examine and, if required, report on any question of privilege; and
3. 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.

Party		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

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