Mandate

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), Standing Committees are empowered to study and report on all matters relating to the mandate, management and operation of the department or departments of government, which are assigned from time to time by the House. In general, the committees shall be severally empowered to report on:

1. the statute law relating to the department assigned to them;
2. the program and policy objective of the department and its effectiveness in the implementation of same;
3. the immediate, medium and long-term expenditure plans and the effectiveness of implementation of same by the department;
4. an analysis of the relative success of the department, as measured by the results obtained as compared with its stated objectives; and,
5. other matters, relating to the mandate, management organization or operation of the department, as the committee deems fit.

In addition, Standing Order 108(3)(b) states:

The mandate of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage shall include, among other matters, the monitoring of the implementation of the principles of the federal multiculturalism policy throughout the Government of Canada in order:

• to encourage the departments and agencies of the federal government to reflect the multicultural diversity of the nation; and
• to examine existing and new programs and policies of federal departments and agencies to encourage sensitivity to multicultural concerns and to preserve and enhance the multicultural reality of Canada.

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