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THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL FINANCE

ORDER OF REFERENCE


Extract from the Journals of the Senate of Tuesday, December 12, 2023:

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.:

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, previous order or usual practice, and without affecting progress in relation to Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act:

  1. the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine the subject matter of Bill C-56;
  2. the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than Routine Proceedings on Thursday, December 14, 2023, and be authorized to deposit its report with the Clerk of the Senate if the Senate is not then sitting; and
  3. for the purposes of this study, the committee be authorized to meet even though the Senate may then be sitting or adjourned, with the application of rules 12-18(1) and 12‑18(2) being suspended in relation thereto.

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

Interim Clerk of the Senate

Gérald Lafrenière

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