MAI -- Second Report -- Terms of Reference

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT
SECOND REPORT

Third Session, Thirty-sixth Parliament
June 29, 1999

Terms of Reference

[That a Special Committee be appointed to examine, inquire into and make recommendations with respect to the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and in particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to consider:

1. The application of key issues arising out of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment to British Columbians;

2. The most effective and appropriate means for representing the views and interests of British Columbians on matters relating to the proposed Agreement;

3. The implications for British Columbia and Canada of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment and on related matters;

4. Representations and expressions of views from individuals and groups from British Columbia or elsewhere;

5. Proposals related to the Multilateral Agreement on Investment brought forward within British Columbia or from elsewhere;

6. Evidence on the issues likely to be subject to further negotiations in the future; and

7. The most effective and appropriate means of enhancing the levels of awareness and knowledge of British Columbians concerning the issues involved.

Further, that the House authorizes the committee to provide opportunities for all citizens of British Columbia to express their views on these matters.

The said Committee shall have the powers of a Select Standing Committee and in addition is empowered:

(a) to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee;

(b) to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;

(c) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient;

(d) to retain personnel as required to assist the Committee; and

(e) to permit television broadcasting of any public hearings the Committee may have;

and shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly; and

That the Special Committee of Selection be empowered to compile the list of Members for the said Committee.]

Honourable Glen Clark
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