Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Issue 19 - Order of Reference

Extract of the Journals of the Senate, on Wednesday, July 6, 2005:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., for the second reading of Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes.

After debate,

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on the following vote:

YEAS
The Honourable Senators

Austin, Bacon, Baker, Biron, Bryden, Callbeck, Carstairs, Chaput, Christensen, Cook, Cordy, Cowan, Day, Dyck, Eggleton, Fitzpatrick, Fraser, Grafstein, Harb, Hubley, Johnson, Joyal, Lapointe, Lavigne, Maheu, Mahovlich, McCoy, Mercer, Milne, Mitchell, Pearson, Pépin, Peterson, Poulin, Poy, Ringuette, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Spivak, Stollery, Tardif, Trenholme Counsell—43

NAYS
The Honourable Senators

Banks, Buchanan, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Di Nino, Kelleher, Keon, Kinsella, Phalen, Stratton, Tkachuk—12

ABSTENTIONS
The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Corbin, Hervieux-Payette, LeBreton, Plamondon, Prud'homme—6

Accordingly, Bill C-38 was then read the second time.

The Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Grafstein, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Paul C. Bélisle

Clerk of the Senate