Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communication

Standing committee of the Senate of Canada

The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications (TRCM) is one of the oldest standing committees of the Senate of Canada, having been first created in 1867 under the name of the Banking, Commerce and Railways Committee. In 1945, it was recommended that a committee on Transport and Communications be created.

Responsibilities

Over the years, the mandate has evolved, but 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.

Members

	Member	Province
Conservative	Michael L. MacDonald, deputy chair	NS
Conservative	Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu	QC
Conservative	Norman Doyle	NL
Conservative	Stephen Greene	NS
Conservative	Bob Runciman	ON
Independent Senators Group	Patricia Bovey	MB
Independent Senators Group	René Cormier	NB
Independent Senators Group	Rosa Galvez	QC
Independent Senators Group	Diane Griffin	PEI
Independent Senators Group	Nancy Hartling	NB
Independent Senators Group	Raymonde Saint-Germain	QC
Senate Liberal	Dennis Dawson, chair	QC
Senate Liberal	Art Eggleton	ON
Senate Liberal	Terry Mercer	NS

The Representative of the Government in the Senate and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ex-officio members of the committee.

References

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