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

Caucus		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

• Official website