The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBureyBussonCardozoClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleCuznerDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DowneDuncanDupuisForestFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldMarshallMartinMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOslerPatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettPoirierProsperQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenTannasWhiteYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBureyBussonCardozoClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleCuznerDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DowneDuncanDupuisForestFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldMarshallMartinMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOslerPatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettPoirierProsperQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenTannasWhiteYussuff

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:

Charter Statement prepared by the Minister of Justice in relation to Bill S-14, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act, the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, the Rouge National Urban Park Act and the National Parks of Canada Fishing Regulations, pursuant to the Department of Justice Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. J-2, sbs. 4.2(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2398.

Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees

The Honourable Senator Richards informed the Senate that, pursuant to the orders adopted by the Senate on February 10, 2022, and November 2, 2023, the Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on November 8, 2023, its seventh report (interim) entitled The Time is Now: Granting equitable access to psychedelic-assisted therapies.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2397S.

The Honourable Senator Richards moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dagenais, that the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.

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

Introduction and First Reading of Senate Public Bills

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu introduced Bill S-281, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (parole review).

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, 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 Moodie tabled the following:

Report of the Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly, 22nd Winter Meeting, Vienna, Austria, from February 23 to 24, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2399.

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Third Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Audette, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, for the third reading of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation, as amended.

After debate,

In amendment, the Honourable Senator McCallum moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator McPhedran:

That Bill C-29, as amended, be not now read a third time, but that it be further amended in the preamble, on page 1, by replacing line 1 with the following:

“Whereas, since time immemorial, First Nations and Inuit peo-”.

After debate,

The question was put on the motion in amendment.

Pursuant to rule 9-10(2), a standing vote was deferred until 5:30 p.m. at the next sitting, with the bells to sound at 5:15 p.m. for fifteen minutes.

Reports of Committees – Other

Orders No. 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Consideration of the fifth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, entitled The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 20 and 36 of Part 4 of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 2, 2023.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Audette, that further debate on the consideration of the report be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

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Orders No. 16 and 17 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 1, 131 and 132 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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

That the report on the Statutes Repeal Act for the year 2023, tabled in the Senate on February 1, 2023, be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs for examination and report; and

That the committee submit its report to the Senate no later than Tuesday, December 5, 2023.

Debate.

DEFERRED VOTES

At 4:15 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on September 21, 2022, the Senate proceeded to the taking of the deferred standing vote on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Boisvenu, to the motion of the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, for the third reading of Bill C-48, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail reform), as amended.

The question being put on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Boisvenu, seconded by the Honourable Senator Seidman:

That Bill C-48, as amended, be not now read a third time, but that it be further amended in clause 1 (as amended by the decision of the Senate on October 26, 2023), on page 2, by replacing lines 28 and 29 with the following:

“(4) Paragraph 515(6)(b.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(b.1) with an offence in the commission of which violence was allegedly used, threatened or attempted against their intimate partner, and the accused has been previously convicted or discharged under section 730 of an offence in the commission of which violence was used, threatened or attempted against any intimate partner of theirs;”.

The motion in amendment was adopted on the following vote:

YEAS

The Honourable Senators

AtaullahjanBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBussonCordyDagenaisDalphondDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DowneDuncanForestFrancisGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldMarshallMartinMassicotteMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoodieOhOslerPatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PettenPlettPoirierProsperRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSmithSorensenTannasWhite—54

NAYS

The Honourable Senators

ClementCotterCoyleDupuisKutcherMcCallumPetitclercSimonsYussuff—9

ABSTENTIONS

The Honourable Senators

BureyCardozoCormierCuznerDaskoGalvezGerbaMoncionQuinn—9

ADJOURNMENT

At 4:23 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)

Service Fees Report of the Department of Canadian Heritage for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2366.

Service Fees Report of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2367.

Service Fees Report of the Library and Archives of Canada for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2368.

Service Fees Report of the National Battlefields Commission for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2369.

Service Fees Report of the National Film Board for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2370.

Report of the National Film Board, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to the National Film Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. N-8, sbs. 20(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2371.

Service Fees Report of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2372.

Service Fees Report of the Department of National Defence for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2373.

Service Fees Report of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2374.

Summaries of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-24 to 2027-28 of the Business Development Bank of Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2375.

Special Report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, pursuant to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act, S.C. 2017, c. 15, sbs. 21(2) and (6).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2376.

Service Fees Report of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2377.

Service Fees Report of the Department of Public Works and Government Services for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2378.

Service Fees Report of Shared Services Canada for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2379.

Service Fees Report of the Department of the Environment for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2380.

Service Fees Report of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2381.

Service Fees Report of the Parks Canada Agency for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2382.

List of outstanding specific legislative proposals to amend listed tax laws announced prior to April 1, 2022, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 162(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2383.

Report of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, S.C. 2000, c. 17, sbs. 71(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2384.

Service Fees Report of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2385.

Service Fees Report of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2386.

Service Fees Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2387.

Service Fees Report of the Parole Board of Canada for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. “451 20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2388.

Service Fees Report of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2389.

Service Fees Report of the Canada Border Services Agency for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2390.

Report of the Parole Board of Canada on Record Suspension Decisions for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to the Criminal Records Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-47, sbs. 11(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2391.

Service Fees Report of the Department of Industry for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2392.

Service Fees Report of Statistics Canada for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2393.

Service Fees Report of the National Research Council of Canada for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2394.

Service Fees Report of the Canadian Space Agency for 2022 to 2023, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 451 “20(1)”.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2395.

Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the House of Commons (Fall 2023), pursuant to the Auditor General Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-17, sbs. 23(5).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2396.

Seventh report (interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs, entitled The Time is Now: Granting equitable access to psychedelic-assisted therapies, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on November 8, 2023, pursuant to the orders adopted by the Senate on February 10, 2022 and November 2, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2397S.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples

The Honourable Senator Prosper was added to the membership (November 8, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Tannas was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (November 8, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Dupuis replaced the Honourable Senator Arnot (November 8, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Kutcher replaced the Honourable Senator Pate (November 8, 2023).

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying

The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Osler (November 8, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

The Honourable Senator Anderson replaced the Honourable Senator Gerba (November 8, 2023).