The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

ArnotAudetteBattersBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBussonClementCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisForestFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMarwahMcCallumMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarPatePlettQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainSimonsSorensenTannasWellsWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

ArnotAudetteBattersBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBussonClementCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisForestFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMarwahMcCallumMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarPatePlettQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainSimonsSorensenTannasWellsWooYussuff

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 Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that a communication had been received from the Secretary to the Governor General.

The communication was then read by the Honourable the Speaker as follows:

RIDEAU HALL

November 17, 2021

Mr. Speaker:

I am commanded to inform you that the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, in his capacity as Deputy of the Governor General, will proceed to the Chamber of the Senate to open the First Session of the Forty-Fourth Parliament of Canada at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, the 22^nd day of November, 2021.

Yours sincerely,

The Honourable

The Speaker of the Senate

Ottawa

SPEAKER'S STATEMENT

Honourable senators, we were all deeply saddened to hear of the passing, on November 19, of our colleague the Honourable Josée Forest-Niesing. We were also deeply saddened by the earlier loss, on July 15, of the Honourable Judith Keating. There will be opportunities to pay tribute to our departed colleagues later, but at this time I would ask you to rise for a minute of silence in their memory.

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The Senate observed a minute of silence in memory of the Honourable Senator Josée Forest-Niesing, who passed away on November 19, 2021, and of the Honourable Senator Judith Keating, who passed away on July 15, 2021.

INTRODUCTION OF SENATORS

The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the Clerk of the Senate had received certificates from the Registrar General of Canada showing that:

Bernadette Clement,

James Quinn,

Hassan Yussuff, and

David Arnot,

respectively, had been summoned to the Senate.

The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that there were senators without waiting to be introduced.

The Honourable Senator Clement was introduced between the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and the Honourable Senator Bernard, and having presented Her Majesty’s Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Richard Wagner

(G.S.)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

of the City of Cornwall, in the Province of Ontario,

GREETING:

KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada.

AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS:

The Right Honourable Richard Wagner His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada.

AT OTTAWA, this twenty-first day of June in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Clement came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took her seat as a member of the Senate.

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The Honourable Senator Quinn was introduced between the Honourable Senator Ringuette and the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and having presented Her Majesty’s Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Richard Wagner

(G.S.)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

of the City of Saint John, in the Province of New Brunswick,

GREETING:

KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada.

AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS:

The Right Honourable Richard Wagner His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada.

AT OTTAWA, this twenty-first day of June in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Quinn came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took his seat as a member of the Senate.

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The Honourable Senator Yussuff was introduced between the Honourable Senator Dean and the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and having presented Her Majesty's Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Richard Wagner

(G.S.)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

of the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario,

GREETING:

KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada.

AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS:

The Right Honourable Richard Wagner His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada.

AT OTTAWA, this twenty-first day of June in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Yussuff came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took his seat as a member of the Senate.

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The Honourable Senator Arnot was introduced between the Honourable Senator Busson and the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and having presented Her Majesty's Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Mary May Simon

(G.S.)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

of the City of Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan,

GREETING:

KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada.

AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS:

Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Mary May Simon, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

AT OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this twenty-eighth day of July in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Arnot came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took his seat as a member of the Senate.

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The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the honourable senators introduced today had made and subscribed the Declaration of Qualification required of them by the Constitution Act, 1867, in the presence of the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed to receive and witness same.

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The sitting of the Senate was suspended to await the arrival of the Right Honourable Deputy of Her Excellency the Governor General.

After awhile, the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, in his capacity as Deputy of Her Excellency the Governor General, arrived and was seated at the foot of the throne.

The Honourable the Speaker commanded the Usher of the Black Rod to proceed to the House of Commons and acquaint that House that:

“It is the desire of the Right Honourable Deputy of Her Excellency the Governor General that they attend him immediately in the Senate Chamber.”

The House of Commons being come,

The Honourable the Speaker of the Senate said:

“Honourable Members of the Senate:
Members of the House of Commons:

I have it in command to let you know that Her Excellency the Governor General does not see fit to declare the causes of her summoning the present Parliament of Canada, until a Speaker of the House of Commons shall have been chosen, according to law; but tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at 1 p.m., Her Excellency will declare the causes of Her calling this Parliament.”

The Commons withdrew.

The Right Honourable the Deputy of Her Excellency the Governor General was pleased to retire.

The sitting resumed.

The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that a communication had been received from the Secretary to the Governor General.

The communication was then read by the Honourable the Speaker as follows:

RIDEAU HALL

November 17, 2021

Mr. Speaker:

I have the honour to inform you that Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada and Mr. Whit Grant Fraser will arrive at the Senate of Canada Building at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, the 23^rd day of November, 2021.

When it has been indicated that all is in readiness, Her Excellency the Governor General will proceed to the Chamber of the Senate to formally open the First Session of the Forty-Fourth Parliament of Canada.

Yours sincerely,

The Honourable

The Speaker of the Senate

Ottawa

INTRODUCTION OF SENATORS

The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the Clerk of the Senate had received certificates from the Registrar General of Canada showing that:

Michèle Taïna Audette,

Clément Gignac,

Amina Nleung-Abah Gerba, and

Karen Sorensen,

respectively, had been summoned to the Senate.

The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that there were senators without waiting to be introduced.

The Honourable Senator Audette was introduced between the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and the Honourable Senator Dupuis, and having presented Her Majesty’s Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Mary May Simon

(G.S.)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

of the City of Québec, in the Province of Quebec,

GREETING:

KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada and We do appoint you for the division of De Salaberry in Our Province of Quebec.

AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS:

Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Mary May Simon, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

AT OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this twenty-eighth day of July in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Audette came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took her seat as a member of the Senate.

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The Honourable Senator Gignac was introduced between the Honourable Senator Dawson and the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and having presented Her Majesty's Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Mary May Simon

(G.S.)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

of Lac Saint-Joseph, in the Province of Quebec,

GREETING:

KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada and We do appoint you for the division of Kennebec in Our Province of Quebec.

AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS:

Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Mary May Simon, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

AT OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this twenty-eighth day of July in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Gignac came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took his seat as a member of the Senate.

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The Honourable Senator Gerba was introduced between the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., and the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and having presented Her Majesty’s Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Mary May Simon

(G.S.)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

Member of the Order of Quebec

of the City of Blainville, in the Province of Quebec,

GREETING:

KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada and We do appoint you for the division of Rigaud in Our Province of Quebec.

AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS:

Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Mary May Simon, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

AT OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this twenty-eighth day of July in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Gerba came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took her seat as a member of the Senate.

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The Honourable Senator Sorensen was introduced between the Honourable Senator Simons and the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and having presented Her Majesty's Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Mary May Simon

(G.S.)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

of the City of Banff, in the Province of Alberta,

GREETING:

KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada.

AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.

WITNESS:

Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Mary May Simon, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

AT OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this twenty-eighth day of July in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Sorensen came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took her seat as a member of the Senate.

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The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the honourable senators introduced today had made and subscribed the Declaration of Qualification required of them by the Constitution Act, 1867, in the presence of the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed to receive and witness same.

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:

That the Senate do now adjourn until tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at 12:15 p.m.

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

(Accordingly, at 2:20 p.m., the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 12:15 p.m.)