Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communication

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	Doug Black	AB
Conservative	Norman Doyle	NL
Conservative	Stephen Greene	NS
Conservative	Don Plett	MB
Conservative	Bob Runciman	ON
Conservative	Betty Unger	AB
Independent	Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu	QC
Independent	Elaine McCoy	AB
Liberal	Dennis Dawson, chair	QC
Liberal	Art Eggleton	ON
Liberal	Terry Mercer	NS

References

Canadian Senate website

Standing Committees of the Parliament of Canada

House of Commons	Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Agriculture and Agri-Food Canadian Heritage Citizenship and Immigration Environment and Sustainable Development Finance Fisheries and Oceans Foreign Affairs and International Development Government Operations and Estimates Health Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Indigenous and Northern Affairs Industry, Science and Technology International Trade Justice and Human Rights National Defence Natural Resources Official Languages Procedure and House Affairs Public Accounts Public Safety and National Security Status of Women Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Veterans Affairs

Senate	Aboriginal Peoples Agriculture and Forestry Banking, Trade and Commerce Conflict of Interest for Senators Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Fisheries and Oceans Foreign Affairs and International Development Human Rights Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Legal and Constitutional Affairs National Finance National Security and Defence (Veterans Affairs) Official Languages Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament Selection Social Affairs, Science and Technology Transport and Communication

Joint	Library of Parliament Scrutiny of Regulations

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