The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

ArnotAtaullahjanAucoinAudetteBattersBellemareBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBureyBussonCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleCuznerDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGreenwoodHarderHartlingJafferKingstonKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldMarshallMcCallumMcNairMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOmidvarPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettPoirierProsperQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteRossSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenWallinWellsWhiteWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

ArnotAtaullahjanAucoinAudetteBattersBellemareBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBureyBussonCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleCuznerDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)Dean*DowneDuncanDupuisFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGreenwoodHarderHartling*HousakosJafferKingstonKlyne*KutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldMarshall*MassicotteMcCallumMcNairMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodie*OhOmidvar*OslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettPoirierProsperQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteRossSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenWallinWellsWhiteWooYussuff

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:

Krista Ann Ross,

Joan M. Kingston,

John M. McNair, and

Albert Réjean Aucoin,

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

Mary May Simon

(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 Fredericton, in the Province of New Brunswick,

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:

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 OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this thirty-first day of October in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-three and in the second year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

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

Mary May Simon

(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 New Maryland, in the Province of New Brunswick,

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:

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 OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this thirty-first day of October in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-three and in the second year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

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

Mary May Simon

(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 Grand-Bouctouche, in the Province of New Brunswick,

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:

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 OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this thirty-first day of October in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-three and in the second year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator McNair 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 his seat as a member of the Senate.

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

Mary May Simon

(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 Cape Breton, in the Province of Nova Scotia,

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:

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 OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this thirty-first day of October in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-three and in the second year of Our Reign.

BY COMMAND,

Registrar General of Canada

The Honourable Senator Aucoin 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 his 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, the Commissioner appointed to receive and witness same.

Senators’ Statements

Pursuant to rule 13-3(4), the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain gave notice that she would raise a question of privilege concerning attempted intimidation of senators that occurred within the Senate Chamber and within the Senate of Canada Building on November 9, 2023.

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Pursuant to rule 13-3(4), the Honourable Senator Wells gave notice that he would raise a question of privilege concerning the conduct of a senator while the Senate was sitting on November 9, 2023.

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Some Honourable Senators made statements.

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS

Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees

The Honourable Senator Seidman, Chair of the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators, presented the first report of the committee, entitled Consideration of an Inquiry Report from the Senate Ethics Officer.

(The report is printed as an appendix at pages 2173-2203 (available in print format PDF).)

(The HTML version of the report is available on the committee website.)

Ordered: That the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting and that, notwithstanding rules 4-13 and 4-14, the report appear on the Orders of the Day before Government Business.

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The Honourable Senator Francis, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, informed the Senate that, pursuant to the orders adopted by the Senate on March 3, 2022, and October 26, 2023, the committee deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on November 15, 2023, its sixteenth report (interim) entitled Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders 2023: Celebrating Leadership in Indigenous Education.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2420S.

The Honourable Senator Francis moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare, 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.

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The Honourable Senator Mockler, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance, presented the committee’s thirteenth report (Bill S-258, An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (reporting on unpaid income tax), without amendment).

The Honourable Senator Patterson (Ontario) moved, for the Honourable Senator Downe, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wallin, 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.

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The Honourable Senator Omidvar presented the following:

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to present its

SEVENTEENTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-35, An Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Thursday, September 28, 2023, examined the said bill and now reports the same without amendment but with certain observations, which are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

Observations to the seventeenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Bill C-35)

Your committee observes that comprehensive, valid, timely and comparable data must be collected to monitor, evaluate and improve the effectiveness of early learning and child care in Canada. Your committee shares concerns cited by Inclusion Canada that a lack of data will make it harder to advocate for more accessible and inclusive spaces for children from equity-deserving groups. Your committee is particularly concerned that children with disabilities will face barriers to inclusive early learning and child care, which requires the provision of supports to ensure equal opportunity and access. Your committee, therefore, urges the Government of Canada to develop a national early learning and child care data strategy to allow evidence-based policy and funding decisions to inform the vision, and the promise of this legislation. Your committee also recommends that the reporting requirements be made widely available to the public in easily accessible formats.

Your committee heard the importance of applying the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), with a particular focus on Article 24. This article highlights the fundamental rights of individuals with disabilities to education, emphasizing the importance of realizing these rights without discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities for all. Your committee, therefore, recommends the understanding that inclusion occurs when children with disabilities are learning, developing, and playing together with their non-disabled peers in the same spaces and environments, with appropriate supports, and where relationships and participation are facilitated.

When it comes to language rights and bilingualism, your committee heard that New Brunswick enjoys a unique status in the Canadian constitutional landscape. Indeed, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms contains specific language provisions for this province, including section 16.1, which provides for the equal status of its two linguistic communities, English and French – a constitutional recognition of the collective rights of each linguistic community. The social contract uniting the province’s citizens rests in part on these constitutional foundations. In implementing the Canadian government’s commitment to ongoing collaboration with New Brunswick to support its efforts to establish and maintain a community-based early learning and child care system, your committee affirms that New Brunswick’s constitutional and linguistic specificity must be given due consideration. The importance of supporting the elements of the educational continuum in a linguistic minority setting, from early childhood to post-secondary education, must not be overlooked. Your committee expects the Canadian government to advance opportunities for citizens from official language minority communities, including New Brunswick’s francophone community, to pursue quality learning in their own language throughout their lives, in accordance with the Official Languages Act.

Your committee notes that clause 7(1)(c) of the bill explicitly refers to “English and French linguistic minority communities”, while clause 11(1) refers to “official language minority communities”. While your committee acknowledges this inconsistency in terminology, it maintains that the two terms used respect the spirit of the Official Languages Act.

To ensure consistency with other parts of the bill, your committee clearly heard that the current text of section 8 of the bill requires the addition of an explicit reference to official language minority communities. Experts and civil society organizations have testified to the potential impact of omitting such an explicit reference, including interpretation issues in the case of litigation before the courts. Your committee expects the federal government to take this testimony into account by ensuring that it maintains long-term funding for early learning and child care programs and services for official language minority communities. Your committee affirms that the implementation of section 8 of the bill must respect the language rights of these communities, as provided for in the Official Languages Act and applicable case law.

Your committee heard that studies conducted on early learning and child care in other jurisdictions, such as New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom, have shown the growing influence of private equity firms in the child care sector, with a primary focus on profit generation. Instead of directing government child care funds toward supporting essential support services, these funds are diverted toward private real estate investments that are not necessarily creating additional childcare facilities. Furthermore, many of the child care providers are in substantial debt and are incurring significant losses. Your committee is concerned with these developments and does not want Canada to follow down that path. Your committee recommends that the agreements with provinces and territories limit this type of child care model and focus on providing funding to create a high quality public early learning and child care system.

The Honourable Senator Moodie moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Galvez, 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.

Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills

A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-34, An Act to amend the Investment Canada 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.

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The Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., introduced Bill S-15, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act.

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.

Introduction and First Reading of Senate Public Bills

The Honourable Senator Moodie introduced Bill S-282, An Act respecting a national strategy for children and youth in Canada.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Moodie moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cormier, 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 LaBoucane-Benson tabled the following:

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on December 13, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Omidvar, concerning aid workers in Afghanistan.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2431S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on March 29, 2023, by the Honourable Senator Boisvenu, concerning victims’ rights.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2432S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on May 4, 2023, by the Honourable Senator Seidman, concerning the regulation of vaping fluids.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2433S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on June 20, 2023, by the Honourable Senator Plett, concerning the costs of legal proceedings.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2434S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on June 20, 2023, by the Honourable Senator Pate, concerning debt collection.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2435S.

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 Steven Guilbeault, P.C., M.P., Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will take place on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at 2:20 p.m.

Government Business

Bills – Third Reading

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

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Resuming debate on 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.

After debate,

In amendment, the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., moved, 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 3, by replacing lines 11 to 13 with the following:

“cused has, within five years of the day on which they were charged for that offence, been previously convicted of or been serving a sentence of imprisonment for another offence in the commission of which vio-”.

The Honourable Senator Dalphond moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bernard, that further debate on the motion in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

Bills – Reports of Committees

Orders No. 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 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 Gold, P.C.:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine and report upon the expenditures set out in the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024; and

That, for the purpose of this study, the committee have the power to meet, 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.

Inquiries

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

Other Business

Commons Public Bills – Third Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Wells, seconded by the Honourable Senator Batters, for the third reading of Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Moncion, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dupuis:

That Bill C-234 be not now read a third time, but that it be amended, in clause 2,

(a) on page 2, by replacing lines 24 to 37 with the following:

“of the day on which this Act comes into force.”;

(b) on page 3, by deleting lines 1 to 9.

Debate.

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Pursuant to rule 3-3(1), the Speaker pro tempore left the Chair to resume the same at 8 p.m.

The sitting resumed.

QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE

Pursuant to rule 13-5(1), the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the question of privilege of the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain concerning attempted intimidation of senators that occurred within the Senate Chamber and within the Senate of Canada Building on November 9, 2023.

Debate.

SPEAKER'S STATEMENT

Honourable senators, this is a fundamental issue, which raises troubling questions. I have wanted to allow all senators to speak fully.

Senator Plett has noted that some colleagues who have been mentioned are not here, and has requested that there be a chance to present additional arguments. This is not unprecedented, and we all, I am sure, wish to ensure full information and complete arguments.

I will, therefore, receive brief additional arguments on Thursday, at the end of Government Business. Senators should avoid repeating arguments already made, and, I emphasize, be focused.

QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE

Pursuant to rule 13-5(1), the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the question of privilege of the Honourable Senator Wells concerning the conduct of a senator while the Senate was sitting on November 9, 2023.

After debate,

The question of privilege was withdrawn.

Other Business

Commons Public Bills – Third Reading

The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Wells, seconded by the Honourable Senator Batters, for the third reading of Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Moncion, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dupuis:

That Bill C-234 be not now read a third time, but that it be amended, in clause 2,

(a) on page 2, by replacing lines 24 to 37 with the following:

“of the day on which this Act comes into force.”;

(b) on page 3, by deleting lines 1 to 9.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Richards moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Black:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

The question was put on the motion.

Pursuant to rule 9-3, a standing vote was requested, with the bells to ring for sixty minutes.

Ordered: That the standing vote be not proceeded with and that the Senate do now adjourn.

ADJOURNMENT

At 11:02 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate earlier today, the Senate adjourned until 2 p.m., tomorrow.

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

Sixteenth report (interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, entitled Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders 2023: Celebrating Leadership in Indigenous Education, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on November 15, 2023, pursuant to the orders adopted by the Senate on March 3, 2022 and November 7, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2410S.

Government response to the eighth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy, entitled Needed: An Innovation Strategy for the Data-Driven Economy, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on November 17, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2411S.

(Pursuant to rule 12-23(4), the report and the response were deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy.)

Report on the administration of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act covering the fiscal year 2021-2022, together with the annual report of the operations of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board for the fiscal year 2021-2022, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-51, s. 52.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2412.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2023-24 to 2027-28 and Budgets for 2023-24 of the National Gallery of Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2413.

Summary of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-24 to 2027-28 and Budgets for 2023-24 of the National Museum of Science and Technology, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2414.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2023-24 to 2027-28 and Budgets for 2023-24 of the Canadian Museum of Nature, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2415.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2023-24 to 2027-28 and Budgets for 2023-24 of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2416.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2023-24 to 2027-28 and Budgets for 2023-24 of the Canadian Museum of History, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2417.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2023-24 to 2027-28 and Budgets for 2023-24 of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2418.

Summary of the Corporate Plan and Budget for 2023-24 to 2027-28 of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, pursuant to the Broadcasting Act, S.C. 1991, c. 11, sbs. 55(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2419.

Report in respect to non-compliance with an Order of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board, pursuant to the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 33 (2nd Supp.), s. 14.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2420.

Report of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled The Canada Disability Benefit: Model and Scenarios, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2421.

Report of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled Supplementary Estimates (B) 2023-24, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2422.

Legislative Costing Note of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled Pausing the fuel charge on heating oil and doubling the rural top-up rate for fuel charge rebates, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2423.

Report of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer entitled Costing Support for EV Battery Manufacturing, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2424.

Report on the National Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias for the year 2023, pursuant to the National Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias Act, S.C. 2017, c. 19, s. 5.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2425.

Report on the administration and enforcement of the fisheries protection and pollution prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14, sbs. 42.1(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2426.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2023-1121), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2427.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2023-1122), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2428.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2023-1123), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2429.

Copies of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2023-1124), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-2430.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy

The Honourable Senator Yussuff replaced the Honourable Senator Galvez (November 10, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (November 20, 2023).

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying

The Honourable Senator Ravalia replaced the Honourable Senator Kutcher (November 16, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

The Honourable Senator Kutcher replaced the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne (November 21, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne replaced the Honourable Senator Kutcher (November 20, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (November 20, 2023).

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Yussuff replaced the Honourable Senator Kutcher (November 16, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Osler replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (November 20, 2023).

The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Osler (November 17, 2023).