The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBrazeauBussonCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)DowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionOmidvarOslerPatePattersonPetitclercPlettQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBrazeauBussonCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)DowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionOmidvarOslerPatePattersonPetitclercPlettQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

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

Introduction and First Reading of Senate Public Bills

The Honourable Senator Brazeau introduced Bill S-254, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning label on alcoholic beverages).

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Brazeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator McCallum, 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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The Honourable Senator Boisvenu introduced Bill S-255, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (murder of an intimate partner, one’s own child or an intimate partner’s child).

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Manning, 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.

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Delayed Answers

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

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on March 23, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Housakos, concerning the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1330S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on June 7, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Seidman, concerning the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1331S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on June 15, 2022, by the Honourable Senator McPhedran, concerning the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1332S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on June 21, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Plett, concerning the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1333S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on June 23, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Cormier, concerning Canada’s Commitment to the Fight Against HIV/AIDS — Global Affairs Canada.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1334S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on June 23, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Cormier, concerning Canada’s Commitment to the Fight Against HIV/AIDS — Health Canada.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1335S.

Orders of the Day

The Honourable Senator Housakos moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Plett:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

YEAS

The Honourable Senators

AtaullahjanBattersBoisvenuCarignanHousakosMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMocklerPlettRichardsSeidmanWells—14

NAYS

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBellemareBlackBoehmBonifaceBoveyBrazeauBussonClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)DuncanDupuisFrancisGagnéGerbaGignacGoldKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMarwahMcCallumMégieMoncionOmidvarOslerPatePetitclercQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainSorensenWooYussuff—45

ABSTENTIONS

The Honourable Senators

GreeneMcPhedranVerner—3

ADJOURNMENT

At 4:05 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on September 21, 2022, the Senate adjourned until 2 p.m., tomorrow.

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

2021 Annual Report on the RCMP’s Use of the Law Enforcement Justification Provisions, pursuant to the Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46, ss. 25.1 to 25.4.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1327.

Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada, together with the government response, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, S.C. 1992, c. 20, s. 192.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1328.

Report on the Operation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the year 2022, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, sbs. 94(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1329.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency

The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C. (November 2, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Anderson replaced the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C. (November 2, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Klyne replaced the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C. (November 2, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Saint-Germain replaced the Honourable Senator Galvez (November 2, 2022).