Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Issue No. 53 - Order of Reference

Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Dawson, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cordy, for the second reading of Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments.

After debate,

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

YEAS

The Honourable Senators

Bellemare, Bernard, Black (Alberta), Black (Ontario), Boehm, Boyer, Christmas, Cordy, Cormier, Coyle, Dalphond, Dasko, Dawson, Day, Deacon (Nova Scotia), Dean, Dupuis, Dyck, Forest, Forest-Niesing, Gagné, Gold, Greene, Griffin, Harder, Hartling, Joyal, Klyne, LaBoucane-Benson, Lankin, Lovelace Nicholas, Marwah, Massicotte, McCallum, Mégie, Mercer, Mitchell, Miville-Dechêne, Moncion, Munson, Omidvar, Pate, Petitclerc, Pratte, Ravalia, Simons, Sinclair, Wallin, Wetston, Woo—50

NAYS

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Batters, Beyak, Boisvenu, Carignan, Dagenais, Frum, Housakos, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, McInnis, McIntyre, Mockler, Neufeld, Ngo, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Richards, Seidman, Smith, Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tkachuk, Wells—29

ABSTENTIONS

The Honourable Senators

Nil

Accordingly, Bill C-76 was read a second time.

The Honourable Senator Dawson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Munson, 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, on division.

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Extract from the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, November 7, 2018:

The Honourable Senator Bellemare moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C.:

That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine the subject matter of all of Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures, introduced in the House of Commons on October 29, 2018, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate;

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to meet for the purposes of its study of the subject matter of Bill C-86 even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto;

That, in addition, and notwithstanding any normal practice:

1. The following committees be separately authorized to examine the subject matter of the following elements contained in Bill C-86 in advance of it coming before the Senate:

(a) the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples: those elements contained in Divisions 11, 12 and 19 of Part 4;

(b) the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce: those elements contained in Divisions 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 of Part 4;

(c) the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: those elements contained in Division 5 of Part 4;

(d) the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade: those elements contained in Division 13 of Part 4;

(e) the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications: those elements contained in Divisions 22 and 23 of Part 4;

(f) the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: those elements contained in Division 20 of Part 4; and

(g) the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology: those elements contained in Divisions 8, 15, 16 and 21 of Part 4;

2. That the various committees listed in point one that are authorized to examine the subject matter of particular elements of Bill C-86 be authorized to meet for the purposes of their studies of those elements even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto;

3. That the various committees listed in point one that are authorized to examine the subject matter of particular elements of Bill C-86 submit their final reports to the Senate no later than Tuesday, December 4, 2018;

4. That, as the reports from the various committees authorized to examine the subject matter of particular elements of Bill C-86 are tabled in the Senate, they be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting; and

5. That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be simultaneously authorized to take any reports tabled under point four into consideration during its study of the subject matter of all of Bill C-86.

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

Richard Denis
Interim Clerk of the Senate