The Senate.

• Author: Hollins, Max
• Position: Legislative Reports

The last sitting of the Senate before the summer adjournment was held on June 21. The Forty-Second Parliament was dissolved by Proclamation of the Governor General on September 11, with the federal general election to occur on October 21.

Committees

On July 15, the nineteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry entitled Made in Canada: Growing Canada's Value-Added Food Sector was tabled with the Clerk of the Senate.

On July 29, the sixth report of the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators was tabled with the Clerk of the Senate. It dealt with the committee's consideration of an Inquiry Report concerning a former Senator prepared by the Senate Ethics Officer.

In addition, on August 12, the same committee tabled its seventh report with the Clerk of the Senate. The report is the result of its comprehensive review of the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators and recommends to the Senate a number of amendments to the Code.

Senators

Tony Loffreda was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister on July 23. Senator Loffreda (Quebec--Shawinegan) is a certified public accountant with 35 years of experience in the Canadian financial industry and has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility ranging from senior auditor and Regional Vice-President of Commercial Financial Services at the Royal Bank of Canada to the position of Vice-Chairman of Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management. He has served on various boards and committees, including the Concordia University Board of Governors, the Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal and the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. In addition, Senator Loffreda has been in active service to many communities, having chaired fundraising activities across the province for various causes such as...