The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBureyBussonCardozoCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHousakosJafferKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPlettPoirierQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBureyBussonCardozoCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHousakosJafferKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPlettPoirierQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

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 certificates from the Registrar General of Canada showing that:

Sharon Burey, and

Rebecca Louise Patterson,

respectively, had been summoned to the Senate.

The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that there were senators without waiting to be introduced.

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

Ian McCowan

(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 Windsor, in the Province of Ontario,

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:

IAN McCOWAN, Deputy of 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 OTTAWA, this twenty-first day of November 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 Burey 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 Senator Patterson (Ontario) was introduced between the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and the Honourable Senator Busson, and having presented His Majesty’s Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:

Ian McCowan

(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 Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario,

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:

IAN McCOWAN, Deputy of 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 OTTAWA, this twenty-first day of November 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 Patterson (Ontario) 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 senators introduced today had made and subscribed the Declaration of Qualification required of them by the Constitution Act, 1867, in the presence of the Clerk of the Senate or the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, Commissioners appointed to receive and witness same.

Senators’ Statements

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

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The Senate observed a minute of silence in memory of the Honourable James Carr, P.C., Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre.

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS

Tabling of Documents

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

2021-22 Annual Report of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman, entitled Service Matters: Numbers Speak Volumes. —Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1453.

Minister of National Defence’s Report to Parliament on Culture Change Reforms in response to former Supreme Court Justice Arbour’s recommendations.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1454.

Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills

A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Judges Act, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, 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.

Orders of the Day

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

A message was brought from the House of Commons to return Bill S-219, An Act respecting a National Ribbon Skirt Day,

And to acquaint the Senate that the Commons has passed this bill, without amendment.

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Pursuant to the order adopted December 7, 2021, the Honourable Senator Gagné informed the Senate that Question Period with the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Natural Resources, will take place on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at 2:20 p.m.

Government Business

Motions

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

That, on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, Wednesday, December 14, 2022, and Thursday, December 15, 2022, once the Orders of the Day have been called, the Senate only deal with Government Business and Commons Public Bills;

That, notwithstanding the order of September 21, 2022, the sitting of Wednesday, December 14, 2022, continue beyond 4 p.m., if necessary, and adjourn at midnight, unless earlier adjourned by motion; and

That, on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Senate committees be authorized to meet for the purposes of considering government business, as well as the committee to which Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, may have been referred, if that has happened, even though the Senate may then be sitting, with rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto.

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

That the motion be not now adopted, but that it be amended by adding the following new paragraph before the final paragraph:

“That the committee to which Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, may have been referred, if that has happened, be authorized to meet today, even though the Senate may then be sitting, with rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto;”.

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

The Senate resumed debate on the motion, as amended, of the Honourable Senator Gagné, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.:

That, on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, Wednesday, December 14, 2022, and Thursday, December 15, 2022, once the Orders of the Day have been called, the Senate only deal with Government Business and Commons Public Bills;

That, notwithstanding the order of September 21, 2022, the sitting of Wednesday, December 14, 2022, continue beyond 4 p.m., if necessary, and adjourn at midnight, unless earlier adjourned by motion; and

That the committee to which Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, may have been referred, if that has happened, be authorized to meet today, even though the Senate may then be sitting, with rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto;

That, on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Senate committees be authorized to meet for the purposes of considering government business, as well as the committee to which Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies, may have been referred, if that has happened, even though the Senate may then be sitting, with rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto.

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

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Ordered, That Order No. 3 under OTHER BUSINESS, Commons Public Bills — Second Reading, be brought forward.

Other Business

Commons Public Bills – Second Reading

Second reading of Bill C-235, An Act respecting the building of a green economy in the Prairies.

The Honourable Senator Cotter moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Woo, that the bill be read the second time.

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the second time.

The Honourable Senator Cotter moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Petitclerc, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

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

Government Business

Bills – Second Reading

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

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Second reading 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.

The Honourable Senator Loffreda moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, that the bill be read the second time.

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.

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

A message was brought from the House of Commons to return 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),

And to acquaint the Senate that the Commons has passed this bill, without amendment.

Government Business

Bills – Second Reading

The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Loffreda, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, for the second reading 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.

After debate,

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

YEAS

The Honourable Senators

AudetteBellemareBlackBonifaceBoveyBussonClementCordyCormierCoyleDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDupuisFrancisGagnéGerbaGignacGoldHarderLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMarwahMiville-DechêneMoncionPetitclercRinguetteSaint-GermainSmithSorensenTannasWooYussuff—37

NAYS

The Honourable Senators

AtaullahjanBattersHousakosMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMcCallumOhPatterson (Nunavut)PlettSeidmanWells—13

ABSTENTION

The Honourable Senator

Wallin—1

Accordingly, Bill C-32 was read a second time.

The Honourable Senator Loffreda moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance.

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

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Second reading of 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.

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

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the second time.

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

Reports of Committees – Other

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

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.

ADJOURNMENT

With leave of the Senate,

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 10:14 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)

Report on the state of Canada’s forests for the year 2022, pursuant to the Department of Natural Resources Act, S.C. 1994, c. 41, sbs. 7(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1443.

Report on the administration of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act for the year 2021, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 1992, c. 52, s. 28.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1444.

Report on the administration of the Species at Risk Act for the year 2021, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 2002, c. 29, s. 126.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1445.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2022-1302), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1446.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations (P.C. 2022-1303), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1447.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations (P.C. 2022-1304), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1448.

Report of the First Legislative Review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 1997, c. 13, sbs. 60.1(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1449.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2022-1301), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1450.

Report on the National Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias for the year 2022, pursuant to the National Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias Act, S.C. 2017, c. 19, s. 5.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1451.

Summary of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2022-23 to 2026-27 of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1452.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Sorensen replaced the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain (December 13, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (December 13, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Deacon (Nova Scotia) replaced the Honourable Senator Simons (December 12, 2022).

The Honourable Senator Saint-Germain replaced the Honourable Senator Duncan (December 9, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples

The Honourable Senator Lovelace Nicholas replaced the Honourable Senator Audette (December 13, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Boniface replaced the Honourable Senator Busson (December 9, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Yussuff replaced the Honourable Senator Duncan (December 9, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Dasko replaced the Honourable Senator Brazeau (December 9, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

The Honourable Senator Sorensen replaced the Honourable Senator Omidvar (December 9, 2022).