moved:
That this House urge the Government to strike a Special Committee of the House, composed of representatives of all the official parties, with a mandate to examine public expenditures by the federal government, in light of the Report of the Auditor General of Canada, concerning overlap between federal and provincial government programs and in accordance with the following guidelines:
(1) the Committee's deliberations would be an open and transparent process allowing for the public examination of official matters;
(2) the Committee would have the power to subpoena any witnesses whose testimony would be considered helpful;
(3) the Committee would be required to report to the House by June 23, 1994;
and that this House urge the government to promise to provide an official reaction to this Committee's Report by tabling in the House its response to the recommendations on the first sitting day after September 1, 1994.