The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBrazeauBussonCampbellCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGerbaGignacGoldHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaManningMarshallMartinMarwahMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)PetitclercPlettQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBrazeauBussonCampbellCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyle*DagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGerbaGignacGoldHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffreda*MacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)PetitclercPlettQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

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

First Reading of Commons Public Bills

A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Cotter moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Woo, 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.

Tabling of Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

The Honourable Senator Gerba tabled the following:

Report of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, Bilateral Visit to Ghana, Accra, Ghana, from May 21 to 27, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1442.

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 Clement, seconded by the Honourable Senator Petitclerc, for the second reading of Bill S-11, A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law.

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the second time.

The Honourable Senator Clement moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.

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

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With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Jaffer moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cormier:

That, for the purpose of studying Bill S-11, A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law, the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs have the power to meet on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, even though the Senate may then be sitting or adjourned, and that rules 12-18(1) and 12-18(2) be suspended in relation thereto.

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

Bills – Second Reading

Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Reports of Committees – Other

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

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Resuming debate on the consideration of the ninth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples (Subject matter of Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022), tabled in the Senate on December 5, 2022.

Debate concluded.

Motions

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

Inquiries

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

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Ordered, That the sitting be suspended to reassemble at the call of the chair, with a 15-minute bell.

(Accordingly, at 3:16 p.m., the sitting was suspended.)

At 7:16 p.m., the sitting resumed.

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moncion, 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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A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-36, An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moncion, 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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With leave of the Senate,

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

That, when the Senate next adjourns after the adoption of this motion, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 2 p.m.

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

ADJOURNMENT

With leave,

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moncion:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 7:19 p.m., the Senate was continued until Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 2 p.m.)

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Busson replaced the Honourable Senator Boniface (December 8, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Brazeau replaced the Honourable Senator Dasko (December 7, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

The Honourable Senator Omidvar replaced the Honourable Senator Loffreda (December 8, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Downe replaced the Honourable Senator Quinn (December 8, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Quinn replaced the Honourable Senator Downe (December 8, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Downe replaced the Honourable Senator Quinn (December 8, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Loffreda replaced the Honourable Senator Deacon (Nova Scotia) (December 7, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Dasko replaced the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain (December 7, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Clement replaced the Honourable Senator Omidvar (December 7, 2022).