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Well, it’s official: How ITQ will be spending her March break

That is, provided that nobody objects to the following motion when it comes up later today, which they wouldn’t, I’m sure, since it would make Jim Flaherty very unhappy:

Hon. Gerald J. Comeau (Deputy Leader of the Government): Honourable senators, I give notice that at the next sitting of the Senate, I will move:

That, pursuant to rule 95(3), the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance have power to sit from Monday, March 16, 2009, to Friday, March 20, 2009, even though the Senate may then be adjourned for a period exceeding a week.

Notice of Motion to Authorize Committee to Meet During Adjournment of the Senate and During Sittings of the Senate

Hon. Gerald J. Comeau (Deputy Leader of the Government): Honourable senators, I give notice that at the next sitting of the Senate, I will move:

That, pursuant to rule 95(3)(a), the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance have power to sit on Monday, March 23, 2009, even though the Senate may then be adjourned for a period exceeding a week;

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance have power to sit from Tuesday, March 24, 2009, to Friday, March 27, 2009, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that the application of rule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.

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