The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBeyakBlack (Alberta)BoisvenuBoveyBrazeauCampbellChristmasCoolsCordyDagenaisDawsonDayDeanDowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonEnvergaForestFraserFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosJafferJoyalKennyLangLankinLovelace NicholasMaltaisMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCoyMcInnisMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMoncionNeufeldNgoOhOmidvarPatePattersonPlettPoirierPratteRaineRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSmithTannasTardifTkachukUngerVernerWallinWattWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBeyakBlack (Alberta)BoisvenuBoveyBrazeauCampbellChristmasCoolsCordyDagenaisDawsonDayDeanDowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonEnvergaForestFraserFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosJafferJoyalKennyLangLankinLovelace NicholasMaltais*ManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCoyMcInnisMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMoncion*MunsonNeufeldNgoOhOmidvarPatePattersonPlettPoirierPratteRaineRinguette*RuncimanSaint-GermainSeidmanSmithTannasTardifTkachukUngerVernerWallinWattWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

The first list records senators present in the Senate Chamber during the course of the sitting.

An asterisk in the second list indicates a senator who, while not present during the sitting, was in attendance to business, as defined in subsections 8(2) and (3) of the Senators Attendance Policy.

PRAYERS

The Senate observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the tragic attack in London, United Kingdom on June 3, 2017.

Senators’ Statements

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

At 7:03 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted on June 1, 2017, the Senate was suspended during pleasure and resolved into a Committee of the Whole in order to receive Ms. Madeleine Meilleur respecting her appointment as Commissioner of Official Languages, the Honourable Senator Eaton in the Chair.

—In the Committee—

Pursuant to the order adopted on June 1, 2017, Ms. Meilleur was escorted to a seat in the Senate Chamber.

Debate.

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The sitting of the Senate resumed.

The Chair of the Committee informed the Senate that the Committee has heard the witness.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Messages from the House of Commons

Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Bills – Third Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Mitchell, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gagné, for the third reading of Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, for the Honourable Senator Frum, seconded by the Honourable Senator Neufeld, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

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Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Reports of Committees – Other

Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 1 and 106 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Other Business

Ordered, That motion No. 218 standing in the name of the Honourable Senator Cools on the Notice Paper be brought forward.

The Honourable Senator Cools moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Woo:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit with the Clerk of the Senate, between June 12, 2017 and July 7, 2017, if the Senate is not then sitting, a first interim report relating to its study on the financial implications of Canada’s aging population, and that the report be deemed to have been tabled in the Chamber.

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

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Ordered, That motion No. 219 standing in the name of the Honourable Senator Cools on the Notice Paper be brought forward.

The Honourable Senator Cools moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Woo:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit with the Clerk of the Senate, between June 12, 2017 and July 7, 2017, if the Senate is not then sitting, a second interim report relating to its study on the federal government infrastructure program, and that the report be deemed to have been tabled in the Chamber.

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

ADJOURNMENT

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 8:44 p.m., the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 2 p.m.)

DOCUMENTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 14-1(7)

Report on the administration of student financial assistance program for the loan year 2014-15, pursuant to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, S.C. 1994, c. 28, sbs. 20(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-1144.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2017-18 to 2021-22 of the Business Development Bank of Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-1145.

Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2016-17 to 2020-21 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2016-17 of the Canadian Museum of History, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-1146.

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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5 and to the Order of the Senate of December 7, 2016

Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Boniface (June 5, 2017).

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (June 5, 2017).