The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoyerBureyBussonCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanDupuisForestFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGreenwoodHarderHartlingHousakosKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettPoirierQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoyerBureyBussonCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanDupuisForestFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGreenwoodHarderHartlingHousakosKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettPoirierQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWooYussuff

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

Tabling of Documents

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson tabled the following:

Supplementary Estimates (A), 2023-24.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1763.

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Delayed Answers

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson tabled the following:

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on March 21, 2023, by the Honourable Senator Wallin, concerning Canada Post.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1764S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on March 28, 2023, by the Honourable Senator Martin, concerning the Canada Emergency Business Account.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1765S.

Orders of the Day

Pursuant to the order adopted December 7, 2021, the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson informed the Senate that Question Period with the Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety, will take place on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at 2:15 p.m.

Government Business

Bills – Reports of Committees

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

Bills – Second Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Busson, seconded by the Honourable Senator Coyle, for the second reading of Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the International Transfer of Offenders Act.

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the second time.

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Loffreda, 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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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Cormier, seconded by the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne, for the second reading of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

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Order No. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

A message was brought from the House of Commons to return Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act and to repeal the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act,

And to acquaint the Senate that the Commons has passed this bill with the following amendments, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.

The amendments were then read by the Honourable the Speaker, as follows:

1.Clause 2, pages 1 and 2:

(a)on page 1, add the following after line 16:

“(2.1) The sixth paragraph of the preamble to the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

qu’il s’engage à adopter le principe de précaution, si bien qu’en cas de risques de dommages graves ou irréversibles, l’absence de certitude scientifique absolue ne doit pas servir de prétexte pour remettre à plus tard l’adoption de mesures effectives visant à prévenir la dégradation de l’environnement;”;

(b)on page 2, add the following after line 36:

“Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to openness, transparency and accountability in respect of the protection of the environment and human health;”;

(c)on page 2, add the following after line 41:

“Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to implementing a risk-based approach to the assessment and management of chemical substances;”.

2.Clause 3, page 3:

(a)replace line 3, in the English version, with the following:

“not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective”;

(b)add the following after line 13:

“(a.3) in relation to paragraph (a.2), uphold principles such as principles of environmental justice — including the avoidance of adverse effects that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations — the principle of non-regression and the principle of intergenerational equity;”.

3.Clause 4, page 3:

(a)add the following after line 28:

“healthy environment means an environment that is clean, healthy and sustainable. (environnement sain)”;

(b)add the following after line 28:

“precautionary principle means Principle 15 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, which provides that the lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation if there are threats of serious or irreversible damage. (principe de précaution)”.

4.Clause 5, pages 3 and 4:

(a)on page 3, add the following after line 42:

“(1.1) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the implementation framework shall set out

(a) the process under subsection 76.1(1) in respect of the protection of the right to a healthy environment.”;

(b)on page 4, replace line 9 with the following:

“intergenerational equity, according to which it is important to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs;”;

(c)on page 4, replace lines 13 and 14 with the following:

“(c) the relevant factors to be taken into account in interpreting and applying that right and in determining the reasonable limits to which it is subject,”.

5.Clause 5.1, pages 4 and 5:

(a)replace line 27 on page 4 to line 3 on page 5 with the following:

“5.1 (1) The portion of subsection 13(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

13 (1) The Environmental Registry shall contain notices and other documents published or made publicly available by the Ministers or either Minister under this Act, and shall also include, subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act,”;

(b)on page 5, replace lines 8 and 9 with the following:

“registry is publicly accessible and searchable and is in electronic form.”.

6.Clause 10, pages 6 and 7:

(a)replace line 26 on page 6 to line 23 on page 7 with the following:

“(1.1) The notice may include a requirement that the plan prioritize the identification, development or use of safer or more sustainable alternatives to the substance, group of substances or product.”;

(b)on page 7, replace lines 28 to 35 with the following:

“(3) Subsection 56(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(4) The Minister shall publish in the Environmental Registry and in any other manner that the Minister considers appropriate a notice stating the name of any person for whom an extension is granted, whether the extension is for the preparation or the implementation of the plan, and the duration of the period of the extension.

(4) Section 56 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (5):

(6) A notice under subsection (1) may include a requirement that the person to whom the notice is directed file with the Minister, within the periods specified in the notice, written reports on their progress in implementing the plan.”.

7.Clause 10.1, pages 7 and 8: delete clause 10.1.

8.Clause 11.1, page 8: delete clause 11.1.

9.Clause 14, page 9:

(a)replace lines 9 to 15 with the following:

“81, add a substance to the Domestic Substances List if

(a) the substance was included on the version of the Revised In Commerce List that was prepared by the Minister of Health after the end, on November 3, 2019, of acceptance of substance nominations to that List and that is referred to in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 152, Number 44, as the static list;

(b) the substance is not referred to in Annex I to the notice entitled “Removal of substances with no commercial activity from the Revised In Commerce List” published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 156, Number 8; and

(c) no conditions specified under paragraph 84(1)(a) in respect of the substance are in effect.”;

(b)replace lines 18 to 27 with the following:

“(2) The Minister may, by order, designate any person or class of persons to exercise the powers set out in subsection (1).”.

10.Clause 15, page 10:

(a)replace line 23 with the following:

“conditions, test procedures and laboratory practices to be followed for replacing, reducing or re-”;

(b)replace lines 26 to 28 with the following:

“classification of a substance as a substance that poses the highest risk.”.

11.Clause 16.1, page 12: replace lines 3 to 21 with the following:

“68.1 (1) The Ministers shall, to the extent practicable, use scientifically justified alternative methods and strategies to replace, reduce or refine the use of vertebrate animals in the generation of data and the conduct of investigations under paragraph 68(a).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), methods and strategies to refine the use of vertebrate animals include minimizing pain and distress caused to vertebrate animals used in the generation of data and the conduct of investigations under paragraph 68(a).”.

12.Clause 19, pages 15 and 16:

(a)on page 15, replace line 25 with the following:

“and publish a plan with timelines”;

(b)on page 15, replace line 29 with the following:

“(b) that specifies the activities or initiatives in rela-”;

(c)on page 15, replace lines 37 to 41 with the following:

“the development and timely incorporation of scientifically justified alternative methods and strategies in the testing and assessment of substances to replace, reduce or refine the use of vertebrate animals.”;

(d)on page 16, delete lines 1 and 2;

(e)on page 16, replace line 16 with the following:

“paragraph 68(a), including the manner in which the public may be provided with information regarding substances or products including, in the case of products, by labelling them.”;

(f)on page 16, add the following after line 30:

“(7.1) The Ministers shall review the plan within eight years after it is published and every eight years after that.”;

(g)renumber the subsections of section 73 and amend all references accordingly.

13.Clause 20, pages 17 and 18:

(a)on page 17, replace line 21 with the following:

“(3) The Minister shall delete a substance from the List,”;

(b)on page 17, replace lines 23 to 25 with the following:

“specified on the List, if

(a) an order is made under subsection 90(1) adding the substance to the list of toxic substances in Schedule 1; or

(b) the Ministers no longer have reason to suspect that the substance is capable of becoming toxic.”;

(c)on page 18, replace lines 1 to 4 with the following:

“(2) The Ministers shall consider the request and decide whether to add the substance to the plan developed under section 73 or deny the request.

(2.1) Within 90 days after the day on which the request is filed, the Minister shall inform the person who filed the request of the decision, how the Ministers intend to deal with it and the reasons”.

14.Clause 21, page 20: add the following after line 34:

“(8) If more than two years have elapsed after the publication of a statement under paragraph (1)(a) without the Ministers having published a statement under paragraph (6)(b), the Minister shall publish in the Environmental Registry a statement made jointly by the Ministers indicating the reasons for the delay and an estimated time frame within which the statement under paragraph (6)(b) is to be published.”.

15.Clause 22, page 21:

(a)replace line 26 with the following:

“amended and the reasons for the amendment in the Environmental Registry and in any other”;

(b)add the following after line 27:

“(3) The Minister shall include in the annual report required by section 342 a report on the progress made in developing any subsequent proposed regulations or instruments.

(4) The report on progress referred to in subsection (3) shall include an update on estimated timelines and reasons for any delay.”.

16.Clause 29, page 24: replace line 37 with the following:

“respecting preventive or control actions, including actions that lead to the use of safer or more sustainable alternatives for the environment or human health, in relation to a”.

17.Clause 39, page 31:

(a)replace lines 2 to 17 with the following:

“106, add a living organism to the Domestic Substances List if

(a) the living organism was included on the version of the Revised In Commerce List that was prepared by the Minister of Health after the end, on November 3, 2019, of acceptance of substance nominations to that List and that is referred to in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 152, Number 44, as the static list; and

(b) no conditions specified under paragraph 109(1)(a) in respect of the living organism are in effect.

(2) The Minister may, by order, designate any person or class of persons to exercise the power set out in subsection (1).”;

(b)replace lines 20 to 23 with the following:

“tion 105(1), 105.1(1) or 112(1) is not being manufactured in Canada or imported into Canada the Minister may delete the living”.

18.New clause 39.01, page 31: add the following after line 34:

“39.01 Subsection 106(9) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(9) The Minister shall, as soon as possible in the circumstances, publish in the Canada Gazette a notice stating the name of any person to whom a waiver is granted and the type of information to which it relates.”.

19. Clause 39.1, pages 31 and 32: replace line 35 on page 31 to line 15 on page 32 with the following:

“39.1 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 108:

108.1 (1) If the information that the Ministers assess under subsection 108(1) or (2) is in respect of a vertebrate animal or a prescribed living organism or group of living organisms, the Ministers shall consult any interested persons before the expiry of the period for assessing that information.

(2) Before undertaking consultations, the Minister shall publish a notice of consultation in any manner that the Minister considers appropriate.”.

20.Clause 44.1, page 35: replace lines 21 to 25 with the following:

“(g.1) prescribing a living organism or group of living organisms for the purpose of subsection 108.1(1);”.

21.Clause 50, page 39: replace lines 14 to 16 with the following:

“(2) A request for confidentiality shall be submitted, with reasons taking into account the criteria set out in paragraphs 20(1)(a) to (d) of the Access to Information Act, in writing and contain any supplementary information that may be prescribed.

(3) The Minister shall review a statistically valid representative sample of requests granted under subsection (1) and determine whether, in respect of each of those requests, the person who made the request demonstrated that it concerned any of the following:

(a) trade secrets of any person;

(b) financial, commercial, scientific or technical information that is confidential information and that is treated consistently in a confidential manner by any person;

(c) information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to result in material financial loss or gain to, or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the competitive position of, any person; or

(d) information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with contractual or other negotiations of any person.

(4) If the Minister determines that the person who made the request did not demonstrate that the request, in whole or in part, concerned information described in any of paragraphs (3)(a) to (d), then, for the purpose of any part of the request that does not concern such information, the request is deemed not to have been made.

(5) The Minister shall include in the annual report required under section 342 the number of requests made under subsection (1), the number of requests reviewed, the number of requests that, in whole or in part, were deemed not to have been made and a summary of the information disclosed under sections 315 to 317.2.

(6) The Minister may, by order, designate any person or class of persons to exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions set out in this section.”.

22.Clause 53, pages 40 and 41:

(a)on page 40, replace line 1 with the following:

“317.1 (1) The Minister may disclose the explicit chemi-”;

(b)on page 40, replace line 14 with the following:

“(2) The Minister may disclose the explicit biological”;

(c)on page 40, replace line 27 with the following:

“(3) The Minister shall disclose the explicit chemical or bi-”;

(d)on page 41, add the following after line 29:

“317.3 The Minister shall include in the annual report required by section 342 a report respecting the explicit chemical or biological names of substances and the explicit biological names of living organisms disclosed under section 317.1 or 317.2.”.

23.Clause 55, pages 41 and 42:

(a)on page 41, replace line 32 with the following:

“55 Subsections 332(1) and (2) of the Act are”;

(b)on page 42, delete lines 15 to 35.

24.Clause 57, pages 43 and 44: replace line 14 on page 43 to line 4 on page 44 with the following:

“342.1 The Minister shall include in the annual report required by section 342 information related to

(a) consultations with aboriginal peoples and aboriginal governments, including a summary of the key issues raised, in relation to matters under this Act,

(b) the administration of this Act in respect of aboriginal peoples and aboriginal governments, including the measures taken to advance reconciliation as reflected in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and

(c) the key findings or recommendations of any report made under an Act of Parliament in respect of the administration of this Act and aboriginal peoples and aboriginal governments.”.

25.Clause 67.1, page 51: delete clause 67.1.

26.Schedule 1, page 53: delete the reference to “section 68.1” in the references after the heading “SCHEDULE 1”.

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moodie, that the amendments be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.

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

Bills – Second Reading

Second reading of Bill C-45, An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another Act.

The Honourable Senator Klyne moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Audette, 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.

Bills – Second Reading

The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Klyne, seconded by the Honourable Senator Audette, for the second reading of Bill C-45, An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another Act.

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the second time.

The Honourable Senator Klyne moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Anderson, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples.

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

Reports of Committees – Other

Orders No. 7, 9, 10 and 11 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:

That the following Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada:

To Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

We, Her Majesty’s most loyal and dutiful subjects, the Senate of Canada in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

Inquiries

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

Other Business

Senate Public Bills – Reports of Committees

Consideration of the tenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Bill S-236, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island), with a recommendation), presented in the Senate on May 17, 2023.

The Honourable Senator Black moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Patterson (Nunavut), that the report be adopted.

The Honourable Senator Clement 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.

Senate Public Bills – Second Reading

Orders No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Klyne, seconded by the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., for the second reading of Bill S-241, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (great apes, elephants and certain other animals).

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.

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Orders No. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Brazeau, seconded by the Honourable Senator Housakos, for the second reading of Bill S-254, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (warning label on alcoholic beverages).

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Moncion moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

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Orders No. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Commons Public Bills – Second Reading

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 motion of the Honourable Senator Batters, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wells, for the second reading of Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (child sexual abuse and exploitation material).

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Clement 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.

Private Bills – Second Reading

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

Reports of Committees – Other

Order No. 27 (Eighth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples) was called and, pursuant to rule 4-15(2), dropped from the Order Paper and Notice Paper.

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Orders No. 30, 31, 33 and 40 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

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

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Bellemare, seconded by the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C.:

That a Special Senate Committee on Human Capital and the Labour Market be appointed until the end of the current session, to which may be referred matters relating to human capital, labour markets, and employment generally;

That the committee be composed of nine members, to be nominated by the Committee of Selection, and that four members constitute a quorum; and

That the committee be empowered to inquire into and report on such matters as may be referred to it by the Senate; to send for persons, papers and records; to hear witnesses and to publish such papers and evidence from day to day as may be ordered by the committee.

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.

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Orders No. 82, 96, 102, 113 and 119 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

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

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Simons, calling the attention of the Senate to the challenges and opportunities that Canadian municipalities face, and to the importance of understanding and redefining the relationships between Canada’s municipalities and the federal government.

After debate,

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

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

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Orders No. 3, 4, 5 and 8 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 Clement moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Petitclerc, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

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Order No. 11 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Klyne, calling the attention of the Senate to the ongoing business and economic contributions made by Indigenous businesses to Canada’s economy.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Patterson (Nunavut) moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tannas, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

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Order No. 15 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

ADJOURNMENT

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 9:58 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)

Summaries of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-27 of the Royal Canadian Mint, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1754.

Summaries of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-24 to 2027-28 of the Canada Lands Company Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1755.

Report of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled Responsiveness of taxable income to changes in the corporate income tax rate of small businesses, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1756.

Report of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled Supplementary Estimates (A) 2023-24, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1757.

Summaries of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-24 to 2027-28 of Farm Credit Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1758.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2023-28 of the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1759.

Report on the operations under the Canada Water Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-11, s. 38.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1760.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2023-445), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1761.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2023-446), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1762.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

The Honourable Senator Greenwood replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (May 26, 2023).

Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Quinn (May 30, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Boehm was added to the membership (May 29, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Dean was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (May 29, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Tannas was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (May 19, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Dupuis replaced the Honourable Senator Simons (May 19, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Moncion replaced the Honourable Senator Galvez (May 30, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Boehm was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (May 29, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

The Honourable Senator Cardozo replaced the Honourable Senator Gignac (May 30, 2023).

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (May 29, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Francis replaced the Honourable Senator Bernard (May 30, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Moodie replaced the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne (May 19, 2023).