The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBellemareBernardBeyakBlackBlack (Alberta)BoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDayDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonForestForest-NiesingFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHousakosJafferJoyalLaBoucane-BensonLankinLovelace NicholasMacDonaldMaltaisMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcInnisMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMunsonOhOmidvarPatePlettPoirierPratteRichardsSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSinclairSmithStewart OlsenTkachukVernerWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBellemareBernardBeyakBlackBlack (Alberta)BoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDayDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonForestForest-NiesingFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHousakosJafferJoyalLaBoucane-BensonLankinLovelace NicholasMacDonaldMaltaisMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcInnisMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMunsonOhOmidvarPatePlettPoirierPratteRichardsSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSinclairSmithStewart OlsenTkachukVernerWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

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

Senators’ Statements

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS

Tabling of Documents

The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., tabled the following:

Special report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians into the allegations associated with Prime Minister Trudeau’s official visit to India in February 2018 (revised version pursuant to subsection 21(5) of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act), pursuant to the Act, S.C. 2017, c. 15, sbs 21(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2618.

(Pursuant to paragraph 21(7)(a) of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act, this document stands referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence.)

Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees

The Honourable Senator Dyck, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, tabled the fourteenth report of the committee (Subject matter of Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2619S.

(Pursuant to the order adopted on November 7, 2018, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Second Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Jaffer, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cordy, for the second reading of Bill C-48, An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil to or from ports or marine installations located along British Columbia’s north coast.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, 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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Orders No. 2 and 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Christmas, seconded by the Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario), for the second reading of Bill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts in consequence.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Housakos, 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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With leave of the Senate,

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

That the sitting be suspended to the call of the chair, with the bells to ring for five minutes before the sitting resumes.

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

(Accordingly, at 7:12 p.m., the sitting was suspended.)

At 7:33 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Bills – Messages from the House of Commons

A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Campbell, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading two days hence.

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

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A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read the first time.

Ordered, That the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading at the next sitting.

ADJOURNMENT

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 7:35 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 of the Canadian Dairy Commission for the dairy year ending July 31, 2018, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2616.

Report of the British Columbia Treaty Commission, together with the Auditors’ Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, pursuant to the British Columbia Treaty Commission Act, S.C. 1995, c. 45, sbs. 21(3).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2617.

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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Special Committee on the Arctic

The Honourable Senator Boyer replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (December 3, 2018).

The Honourable Senator McCallum replaced the Honourable Senator Boyer (December 3, 2018).

Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector

The Honourable Senator Black (Alberta) replaced the Honourable Senator Black (Ontario) (December 3, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

The Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (December 3, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Coyle replaced the Honourable Senator McPhedran (December 3, 2018).