Posted on 17 September 2009
Ottawa, September 17, 2009 – The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications has elected the Honourable Senator Dennis Dawson (Lauzon – Quebec) Chair of the committee. The Honourable Senator Janis G. Johnson (Manitoba) is Deputy Chair.
The other committee members are:
Ethel M. Cochrane (Newfoundland and Labrador); Francis Fox, P.C. (Victoria – Quebec); Leo Housakos (Wellington – Quebec); Terry M. Mercer (Northend Halifax – Nova Scotia); Pana Merchant (Saskatchewan); John D. Wallace (New Brunswick); and Rod A. A. Zimmer (Manitoba).
The committee currently has an order of reference from the Senate to study emerging issues related to its communications mandate and to report on the wireless sector, including issues such as access to high-speed Internet, the supply of bandwidth, the nation-building role of wireless, the pace of the adoption of innovations, the financial aspects associated with possible changes to the sector, and Canada's development of the sector in comparison to the performance in other countries.
In recent sessions, the committee tabled the following reports:
Time for a New National Vision – Opportunities and Constraints for Canada in the Global Movement of Goods
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/Committee_SenRep.asp?Language=E&parl=39&Ses=2&comm_id=19
The Challenges Ahead for the Canadian Television Fund
http://www.parl.gc.ca/39/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/tran-e/rep-e/repmay07-e.htm
Final Report on the Canadian News Media
http://www.parl.gc.ca/39/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/tran-e/rep-e/repfinjun06vol1-e.htm
The subject areas for which the committee is responsible include:
• transport and communications by land, air, water, and space, be this by radio, telephone, telegraph, wire, cable, microwave, wireless, television, satellite, broadcasting, post, or any other means, method or form;
• tourist traffic;
• common carriers; and
• navigation, shipping and navigable waters.
For more information on the committee, please visit www.senate-senat.ca/transcom.asp.
For more information:
Karen Schwinghamer
Senior Communications Advisor
(613) 995-3232 or 1-800-267-7362
schwik@sen.parl.gc.ca
For more information:
Vanessa Moss-Norbury
Committee Clerk
(613) 990-4995 or 1-800-267-7362
norbuv@sen.parl.gc.ca