The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaLovelace NicholasManningMarshallMarwahMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPlettRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaLovelace NicholasManningMarshallMarwahMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPlettRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

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.

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

YEAS

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBellemareBoehmBonifaceBussonCampbellChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DuncanDupuisFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldHarderHartlingKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaLovelace NicholasMarwahMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionOmidvarPatePetitclercRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainShugartSimonsSorensenWooYussuff—49

NAYS

The Honourable Senators

BattersBlackBoisvenuCarignanDagenaisGreeneHousakosManningMarshallMocklerPattersonPlettRichardsSeidmanSmithTannasVernerWallinWells—19

ABSTENTIONS

The Honourable Senators

Nil

Accordingly, Bill C-11 was read a second time.

The Honourable Senator Dawson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gignac, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.

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

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Duncan, seconded by the Honourable Senator Clement, for the third reading of Bill S-236, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island), as amended.

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Ringuette, seconded by the Honourable Senator Petitclerc:

That Bill S-236, an Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island), as amended, be not read a third time, but that it be referred back to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to hear from the Parliamentary Budget Officer concerning his office’s fiscal analysis on the bill; and

That the committee report to the Senate no later than November 15, 2022.

After debate,

In amendment, the Honourable Senator Black moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dagenais:

That the motion in amendment be not now adopted, but that it be amended by:

1.adding the words “additional witnesses, including” between the words “to hear from” and “Parliamentary Budget Officer” in the first paragraph; and

2.by deleting the final paragraph.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Cotter moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hartling, that further debate on the subamendment be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

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, 30 and 31 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

Consideration of the fourth report (interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy, entitled Business investment in Canada, tabled in the Senate on June 20, 2022.

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

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

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Order No. 20 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 19, 30, 50, 52 and 81 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

Orders No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Boniface, calling 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 Housakos moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Seidman, 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 LaBoucane-Benson:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 5:54 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)

Government response, dated October 20, 2022, to the first report of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, entitled Medical Assistance in Dying and Mental Disorder as the Sole Underlying Condition: An Interim Report, tabled in the Senate on June 22, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1231S.

(Pursuant to rule 12-24(4), the report and the response were deemed referred to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying.)

Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2022-27 for the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1232.

Reports of the Department of Transport 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. 1/44-1233.

Report of the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1234.

Reports of the Port Alberni Port Authority 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. 1/44-1235.

Reports of the Belledune Port Authority 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. 1/44-1236.

Reports of the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority 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. 1/44-1237.

Reports of the Windsor Port Authority 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. 1/44-1238.

Reports of the Sept-Îles Port Authority 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. 1/44-1239.

Reports of the Prince Rupert Port Authority 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. 1/44-1240.

Reports of the Trois-Rivières Port Authority 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. 1/44-1241.

Reports of the Vancouver Port Authority 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. 1/44-1242.

Reports of the Thunder Bay Port Authority 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. 1/44-1243.

Report of the Toronto Port Authority 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. 1/44-1244.

Reports of the St. John’s Port Authority 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. 1/44-1245.

Reports of the Nanaimo Port Authority 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. 1/44-1246.

Reports of the Halifax Port Authority 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. 1/44-1247.

Reports of the Montreal Port Authority 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. 1/44-1248.

Reports of the Quebec Port Authority 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. 1/44-1249.

Reports of the Saguenay Port Authority 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. 1/44-1250.

Reports of the Saint John Port Authority 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. 1/44-1251.

Report of the Office of the Administrator of the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund, together with the Auditors’ Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Marine Liability Act, S.C. 2001, c. 6, s. 121.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1252.

Reports of the Office of the Correctional Investigator 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. 1/44-1253.

Report on the activities of the Courts Administration Service for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Courts Administration Service Act, S.C. 2002, c. 8, sbs. 12(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1254.

Summaries of the Corporate Plans for 2021-22 to 2025-26 of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1255.

Summaries of the Corporate Plans for 2022-23 to 2026-27 of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1256.

Summaries of the Corporate Plans for 2021-22 to 2025-26 of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1257.

Summaries of the Corporate Plans for 2022-23 to 2026-27 of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1258.

Summaries of the Corporate Plans for 2021-22 to 2025-26 of The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1259.

Summaries of the Corporate Plans for 2022-23 to 2026-27 of The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1260.

Reports of the Sahtu Land and Water Board 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. 1/44-1261.

Reports of the British Columbia Treaty Commission 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. 1/44-1262.

Reports of the First Nations Financial Management Board 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. 1/44-1263.

Reports of the First Nations Tax Commission 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. 1/44-1264.

Reports of the Yukon Surface Rights Board 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. 1/44-1265.

Reports of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station 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. 1/44-1266.

Report of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Act, S.C. 2019, c. 29, s. 337.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1267.

Reports of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 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. 1/44-1268.

Reports of the Department of Health 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. 1/44-1269.

Reports of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 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. 1/44-1270.

Reports of the Nunavut Water Board 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. 1/44-1271.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (October 21, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

The Honourable Senator Arnot replaced the Honourable Senator Yussuff (October 21, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Woo replaced the Honourable Senator Marwah (October 21, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights

The Honourable Senator Hartling replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator Hartling (October 24, 2022).

Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

The Honourable Senator Dagenais was added to the membership (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Gignac replaced the Honourable Senator Bovey (October 24, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Dasko replaced the Honourable Senator Dean (October 24, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Downe replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Smith was added to the membership (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Tannas was added to the membership (October 25, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Gignac replaced the Honourable Senator Anderson (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Bovey replaced the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C. (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Yussuff replaced the Honourable Senator Omidvar (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Omidvar replaced the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C. (October 24, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Forest (October 24, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Anderson replaced the Honourable Senator Gignac (October 24, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Bovey (October 24, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

The Honourable Senator Gignac replaced the Honourable Senator Audette (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Audette replaced the Honourable Senator Gignac (October 24, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages

The Honourable Senator Dalphond replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Dalphond (October 24, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Loffreda replaced the Honourable Senator Clement (October 24, 2022).

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Mégie was added to the membership (October 24, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Saint-Germain was added to the membership (October 21, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Massicotte was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (October 21, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain (October 21, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne replaced the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C. (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Mégie replaced the Honourable Senator Kutcher (October 24, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Brazeau (October 24, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Richards (October 25, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Richards replaced the Honourable Senator Quinn (October 21, 2022).