The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukBellemareBeyakBonifaceBoyerBrazeauCoolsCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisEatonGagnéGoldGriffinHarderJafferMarshallMartinMcCallumMcCoyMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMoncionMunsonPatePetitclercPlettPratteRichardsRinguetteSinclairSmithWhiteWoo

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukBellemareBeyakBonifaceBoyerBrazeauCoolsCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisEaton*FureyGagnéGoldGriffinHarderJafferMarshallMartinMcCallumMcCoyMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMoncionMunsonPatePetitclercPlettPratteRichardsRinguetteSinclairSmithWhiteWoo

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.

The clerk at the table informed the Senate that the Honourable the Speaker was unavoidably absent, whereupon the Honourable Senator Eaton, Speaker pro tempore, took the chair, pursuant to rule 2-4(2).

PRAYERS

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Third Reading

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

Bills – Second Reading

Orders No. 1 to 4 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

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

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

That, when the Senate next adjourns after the adoption of this motion, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at 2 p.m.

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

Inquiries

Order No. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Other Business

Senate Public Bills – Third Reading

Orders No. 1 to 6 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Senate Public Bills – Second Reading

Orders No. 1 to 10 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Commons Public Bills – Second Reading

Order No. 1 to 4 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Reports of Committees – Other

Orders No. 1, 5 to 8, 10, 15, 50, 66, and 82 and 83 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 31, 73, 89, 146, 158, 189, 215, 245, 286, 302, 309 and 310, 325 and 328 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

Orders No. 8, 12 and 13, 19 and 20, 24, 26, 28, 32, 36 and 39 to 42 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Wallin, calling the attention of the Senate to the Silver Alert concept, which mirrors the successful AMBER Alert system, and which is focused on helping the more than 700,000 Canadians living with dementia or Alzheimer’s and their families and caregivers and is aimed at helping to locate missing cognitively impaired adults.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Pate moved, for the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Plett, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

Ordered, That the sitting be suspended to reassemble at the call of the chair, with a 15 minute bell.

(Accordingly, at 9:16 a.m., the sitting was suspended.)

At 10:10 a.m., the sitting resumed.

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Bellemare moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 10:11 a.m., the Senate was continued until Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at 2 p.m.)

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

Report to Parliament on the Design of a Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and First Nation Citizenship, pursuant to An Act to amend the Indian Act, S.C. 2017, c. 25, sbs. 11(3).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2043.

Report of the Chicken Farmers of Canada, together with the Auditors’ Report, for the year ended December 31, 2017, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-4, s. 30.—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2044.

Report of the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency (Egg Farmers of Canada), together with the Auditors’ Report, for the year ended December 31, 2017, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-4, s. 30.—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2045.

Report of the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency (Turkey Farmers of Canada), together with the Auditors’ Report, for the year ended December 31, 2017, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-4, s. 30.—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2046.

Report of the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, together with the Auditors’ Report, for the year ended December 31, 2017, pursuant to the Farm Products Agencies Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-4, s. 30.—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2047.