The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanDupuisForestFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLankinLoffredaLovelace NicholasMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPlettPoirierQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithTannasVernerWallinWellsWhiteWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanDupuisForestFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLankinLoffredaLovelace NicholasMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPlettPoirierQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithTannasVernerWallinWellsWhiteWooYussuff

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

Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees

The Honourable Senator Klyne presented the following:

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

The Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight has the honour to present its

SIXTH REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized to examine and report on the appropriate consequential amendments to the Rules of the Senate and to chapter 3:05 of the Senate Administrative Rules that may be necessary for the implementation of the Senate Audit and Oversight Charter, in relation to the committee’s mandate and procedures, has, in obedience with the order of the Senate of Tuesday, June 7, 2022, examined the said consequential amendments and now reports as follows:

1.That the Rules of the Senate be amended by

(a)replacing rule 12-6(2) with the following:

“12-6. (2) The quorum of the Standing Committee on Audit and oversight shall be two Senators and one external member, except in the case of the organization meeting or when the committee is meeting to consider a report to the Senate nominating its external members. For these meetings the quorum shall be three Senators.”;

(b)replacing rule 12-7(17)(e) with the following:

“(e) review the Senate’s quarterly financial reports and the audited financial statements, for information purposes; and”; and

(c)replacing the first sentence of rule 12-13(4) with the following:

“12-13. (4) After electing its chair and deputy chair, the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight may, until the Senate has named the external members, only meet to consider a draft report to the Senate nominating the external members for the committee.”.

2.For greater certainty, your committee recommends that the proposed new wording of rule 12-7(17)(e) be maintained even after it becomes rule 12-7(4)(e), on July 31, 2022, as a consequence of the coming into force of the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament, adopted by the Senate on May 12, 2022, and that the Senate Audit and Oversight Charter be amended in consequence.

3.That the Senate Administrative Rules be amended, in Chapter 3:05, by

(a)adding the following after subsection 2(2):

“(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a budget for the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight must be approved by the Senate. Any budget of the committee shall

(a) be adopted by the committee;

(b) be presented to the Senate as a report of the committee; and

(c) contain a general estimate of the total cost of expenses for carrying out the committee’s mandate or any other order of the Senate.”; and

(b)replacing section 3 with the following:

“3. Except for a budget and report referred to in subsection 2(3), committee budgets and reports shall be in a form approved by the Internal Economy Committee.”.

Respectfully submitted,

The Honourable Senator Klyne moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Anderson, that the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.

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

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The Honourable Senator Dean presented the following:

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence has the honour to present its

THIRD REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-7, An Act to amend the Customs Act and the Preclearance Act, 2016, has, in obedience to the order of reference of May 11, 2022, examined the said bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:

1.Clause 1, page 1: Replace lines 12 and 13 with the following:

“about to be exported, has had its network connectivity disabled and is in the custody or possession of a person if the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect”.

2.Clause 2, page 2: Add the following after line 14:

“(a.01) respecting measures to be taken by an officer if a person asserts that a document to be examined under subsection 99.01(1) is subject to a privilege under the law of evidence, solicitor-client privilege or the professional secrecy of advocates and notaries, or litigation privilege;”.

3.Clause 9, page 5: Replace lines 3 and 4 with the following:

“bound for the United States and that has its network connectivity disabled if the preclearance officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that”.

4.Clause 12, page 6:

(a)Replace line 8 with the following:

“a traveller bound for the United States, that has its network connectivity disabled and that is to be”;

(b)replace lines 10 and 11 with the following:

“6(2)(a) if the preclearance officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that”.

5.Clause 16, page 7: Add the following after line 22:

“(c.2) respecting measures to be taken by a preclearance officer if a person asserts that a document to be examined, searched or detained under section 20.1 or 28.1 is subject to a privilege under the law of evidence, solicitor-client privilege or the professional secrecy of advocates and notaries, or litigation privilege;”.

Respectfully submitted,

The Honourable Senator Dean moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Boniface, that the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.

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

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Third Reading

Third reading of Bill C-24, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., that the bill be read for a third time.

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Plett, 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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Third reading of Bill C-25, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., that the bill be read for a third time.

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.

Bills – Reports of Committees

Consideration of the sixth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (Bill S-4, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Identification of Criminals Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (COVID-19 response and other measures), with an amendment and observations), presented in the Senate on June 14, 2022.

The Honourable Senator Jaffer moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Massicotte, that the report be adopted.

After debate,

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

The Honourable Senator Dalphond moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bovey, that the bill, as amended, be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at 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.

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Consideration of the fifth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, with an amendment), presented in the Senate on June 14, 2022.

The Honourable Senator Boehm moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Yussuff, that the report be adopted.

After debate,

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

The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare, that the bill, as amended, be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting.

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

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Ordered : That Order No. 2 be again called.

Consideration of the third report of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce (Bill S-6, An Act respecting regulatory modernization, with amendments and observations), presented in the Senate on June 14, 2022.

The Honourable Senator Wallin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tannas, that the report be adopted.

After debate,

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

The Honourable Senator Woo moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cotter, that the bill, as amended, be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting.

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

Motions

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

Inquiries

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

ADJOURNMENT

At 3:13 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on May 5, 2022, the Senate adjourned until 2 p.m., tomorrow.

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

Fifteenth Annual Report of the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, S.C. 2005, c. 46, sbs. 38(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-882.

Copy of Order in Council P.C. 2022-657 dated June 10, 2022, concerning the Agreement on Social Security between Canada and the Argentine Republic, pursuant to the Old Age Security Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. O-9, sbs. 42(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-883.

Copy of Order in Council P.C. 2022-658 dated June 10, 2022, concerning the Agreement on Social Security between Canada and the Republic of Austria, pursuant to the Old Age Security Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. O-9, sbs. 42(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-884.

Annual Report of the Information Commissioner of Canada for the period ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, s. 38.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-885.

Legislative Costing Note of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled Cost of a Dental Care Plan for Canadians, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-886.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Marwah replaced the Honourable Senator Yussuff (June 15, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Woo replaced the Honourable Senator Busson (June 15, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

The Honourable Senator Kutcher replaced the Honourable Senator Arnot (June 15, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (June 15, 2022).