The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBrazeauBussonCarignanClementCordyCotterCoyleDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHousakosKlyneLoffredaLovelace NicholasMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerOhOmidvarOslerPatePattersonPetitclercPlettQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnot*AtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBrazeauBussonCarignanClementCordyCotterCoyleDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)Dean*DowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHousakosKlyneLoffredaLovelace NicholasMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMockler*MoncionOhOmidvarOslerPatePattersonPetitclercPlettQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallin*WellsWooYussuff

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

INTRODUCTION OF SENATORS

The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the Clerk of the Senate had received a certificate from the Registrar General of Canada showing that Flordeliz Osler had been summoned to the Senate.

The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that there was a senator without waiting to be introduced.

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

Mary May Simon

(G.S.)

Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and His other Realms and Territories KING, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

TO

Our Trusty and Well-beloved,

of the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba,

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-sixth day of September in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-two and in the first year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Osler 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 senator introduced today had made and subscribed the Declaration of Qualification required of her by the Constitution Act, 1867, in the presence of the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed to receive and witness same.

Senators’ Statements

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS

Tabling of Documents

The Honourable the Speaker tabled the following:

Fall 2022 reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the Parliament of Canada, pursuant to the Auditor General Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-17, sbs. 23(5).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1209.

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Third Reading

Third reading of Bill C-30, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (temporary enhancement to the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax credit).

The Honourable Senator Loffreda moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Arnot, that the bill be read for a third time.

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed this bill, without amendment.

Bills – Second Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Dawson, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bovey, for the second reading of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Seidman, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until 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. 2 and 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Other Business

Senate Public Bills – Third Reading

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

Senate Public Bills – Second Reading

Orders No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Commons Public Bills – Second Reading

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

Reports of Committees – Other

Orders No. 18 and 20 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:

That the Senate of Canada call on the federal government to adopt anti-racism as the sixth pillar of the Canada Health Act, prohibiting discrimination based on race and affording everyone the equal right to the protection and benefit of the law.

After debate,

Further debate on the motion was adjourned until the next sitting, in the name of the Honourable Senator Dean.

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Orders No. 12, 19, 30, 50 and 52 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Dasko, calling the attention of the Senate to the role of leaders’ debates in enhancing democracy by engaging and informing voters.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Petitclerc moved, for the Honourable Senator Duncan, seconded by the Honourable Senator Clement, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

WRITTEN DECLARATION OF ROYAL ASSENT

At 5:28 p.m., the Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the following communication had been received:

RIDEAU HALL

October 18, 2022

Mr. Speaker,

I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bills listed in the Schedule to this letter on the 18^th day of October 2022, at 4:56 p.m.

Yours sincerely,

The Honourable

The Speaker of the Senate

Ottawa

Schedule

Bills Assented To

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (disclosure of information by jurors) (Bill S-206, Chapter 12, 2022)

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (temporary enhancement to the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax credit) (Bill C-30, Chapter 13, 2022)

Other Business

Inquiries

Orders No. 2, 3, 4 and 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator McPhedran, calling the attention of the Senate to parliamentary privilege, the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators and options for increasing accountability, transparency and fairness in the context of the Senate’s unique self-governance, including guidelines on public disclosure.

Debate.

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Pursuant to rule 3-3(1), the Speaker left the Chair to resume the same at 8 p.m.

The sitting resumed.

Inquiries

Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator McPhedran, calling the attention of the Senate to parliamentary privilege, the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators and options for increasing accountability, transparency and fairness in the context of the Senate’s unique self-governance, including guidelines on public disclosure.

After debate,

Further debate on the inquiry was adjourned until the next sitting, in the name of the Honourable Senator Pate.

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Order No. 7 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

MOTIONS

The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne:

That, in light of the reports of the Senate Ethics Officer dated March 9, 2017, and June 28, 2019, concerning the breaches by former Senator Don Meredith of the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators as well as the statement made in the Senate on June 25, 2020, by the chair of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration expressing regrets to the victims of Mr. Meredith’s misconduct, the Senate call upon the Prime Minister to advise Her Excellency the Governor General to take the necessary steps to revoke the honorific style and title of “Honourable” from former senator Don Meredith.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Saint-Germain moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Petitclerc, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on the following vote:

YEAS

The Honourable Senators

BellemareBonifaceBoveyBussonClementCordyCotterCoyleDalphondDeacon (Nova Scotia)DuncanDupuisFrancisGagnéGerbaGoldHarderHousakosKlyneLovelace NicholasMacDonaldManningMartinMarwahMégieMocklerOhOmidvarPetitclercPlettRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimons—34

NAYS

The Honourable Senators

AudetteBlackBoisvenuGignacGreeneLoffredaMarshallMcCallumMiville-DechênePattersonQuinnRavaliaSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallin—17

ABSTENTIONS

The Honourable Senators

Nil

INQUIRIES

The Honourable Senator Boniface called the attention of the Senate to intimate partner violence, especially in rural areas across Canada, in response to the coroner’s inquest conducted in Renfrew County, Ontario.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Duncan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Ravalia, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 9:56 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)

Reports of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1197.

Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy Interim Report of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency for 2021 to 2022, pursuant to the Federal Sustainable Development Act, S.C. 2008, c. 33, sbs. 11(3).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1198.

Reports of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1199.

Reports of the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1200.

Reports of the Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1201.

Service Fees Report of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada from 2021 to 2022, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1202.

Report of the National Advisory Council on Poverty for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Poverty Reduction Act, S.C. 2019, c. 29, s. 315 “12”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1203.

Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy Interim Report for the Department of Employment and Social Development for 2021 to 2022, pursuant to the Federal Sustainable Development Act, S.C. 2008, c. 33, sbs. 12(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1204.

Reports of the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1205.

Reports of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1206.

Report of operations under the Fisheries Development Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-21, s. 10.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1207.

Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy Interim Report of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec for 2021 to 2022, pursuant to the Federal Sustainable Development Act, S.C. 2008, c. 33, sbs. 11(3).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1208.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (October 18, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

The Honourable Senator Gerba replaced the Honourable Senator Audette (October 18, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (October 18, 2022).

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Dean was added to the membership (October 18, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (October 18, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Marwah replaced the Honourable Senator Massicotte (October 18, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Mégie replaced the Honourable Senator Moodie (October 18, 2022).