The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAucoinBattersBellemareBernardBlackBoehmBoyerBrazeauBureyCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanForestFrancisGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreenwoodHarderHartlingHousakosKingstonKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLankinLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMassicotteMcBeanMcNairMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOmidvarOslerOudarPatePattersonPetitclercPettenPlettProsperQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteRobinsonRossSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVaroneVernerWellsWhiteWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAucoinBattersBellemareBernardBlackBoehmBoyerBrazeauBureyCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanForestFrancisGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreenwoodHarderHartlingHousakosKingstonKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLankinLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMassicotteMcBeanMcNairMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOmidvarOslerOudarPatePattersonPetitclercPettenPlettProsperQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteRobinsonRossSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVaroneVernerWellsWhiteWooYussuff

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

Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees

The Honourable Senator Francis, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, informed the Senate that, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on May 9, 2024, the committee deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 10, 2024, its nineteenth report (The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 25 and 26 of Part 4 of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3084S.

(Pursuant to the order adopted May 9, 2024, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)

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The Honourable Senator Seidman presented the following:

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

The Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators has the honour to present its

THIRD REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate on May 8, 2024, to propose changes to the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators to take account of the amendments to rule 12-26(1) of the Rules of the Senate adopted by the Senate on that day, now recommends:

(1)that subsection 35(5) of the Code be replaced with the following:

“Presentation and adoption of motion

35 (5) The Leader or Representative of the Government in the Senate, seconded by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and the leader or facilitator of the recognized party or recognized parliamentary group with the most members — other than, if applicable, the recognized parties or recognized parliamentary groups to which either the Leader or Representative of the Government in the Senate, or the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate belongs — shall present a motion on the Committee’s full membership to the Senate, and that shall be deemed adopted without any debate or vote.”; and

(2)that the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel be instructed to update the consolidation of the Code as soon as practicable to reflect this amendment and be empowered, in updating the consolidation, to renumber the provisions as necessary and to correct any grammatical or typographical errors, as well as to make any other changes of a non-substantive nature that may be required. The consolidation will be available on the website of the Senate Ethics Officer.

Respectfully submitted,

The Honourable Senator Seidman moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Martin, 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 Massicotte, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, informed the Senate that, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on May 9, 2024, the committee deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 10, 2024, its eighth report (The subject matter of those elements contained in Division 28 of Part 4 of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3085S.

(Pursuant to the order adopted May 9, 2024, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)

Tabling of Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

The Honourable Senator Moodie tabled the following:

Report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Workshop on Champions for Gender Equality: Achieving Equal Participation in Commonwealth Parliaments, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, December 6 to 8, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3094.

Report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Bilateral Visit to Barbados and Saint Lucia, Bridgetown, Barbados and Castries, Saint Lucia, March 3 to 9, 2024.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3095.

Notices of Motions

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Massicotte moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources be authorized to meet on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 12-18(1) be suspended in relation thereto.

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

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Delayed Answers

Pursuant to rule 4-9(7), the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., tabled the following:

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on September 21, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain, regarding the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3096S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on October 4, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Housakos, regarding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3097S.

Response to the oral question asked in the Senate on October 4, 2022, by the Honourable Senator Housakos, regarding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — Public Safety Canada.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3098S.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Second Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Pate, seconded by the Honourable Senator McBean, for the second reading of Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare.

After debate,

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

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

Reports of Committees – Other

Orders No. 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 1, 132, 167 and 172 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

Orders No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Other Business

Senate Public Bills – Third Reading

Orders No. 1 and 2 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 Dalphond, for the third reading of Bill S-244, An Act to amend the Department of Employment and Social Development Act and the Employment Insurance Act (Employment Insurance Council), as amended.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wells, 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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Third reading of Bill S-273, An Act to declare the Chignecto Isthmus Dykeland System and related works to be for the general advantage of Canada, as amended.

The Honourable Senator Quinn moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dagenais, that the bill, as amended, be read for a third time.

Debate.

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-20, An Act establishing the Public Complaints and Review Commission and amending certain Acts and statutory instruments, 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.

Orders of the Day

Other Business

Senate Public Bills – Third Reading

The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Quinn, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dagenais, for the third reading of Bill S-273, An Act to declare the Chignecto Isthmus Dykeland System and related works to be for the general advantage of Canada, as amended.

After debate,

In amendment, the Honourable Senator Prosper moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Aucoin:

That Bill S-273, as amended, be not now read a third time, but that it be further amended in the preamble, on page 1, by adding the following after line 14:

“Whereas the Chignecto Isthmus is of critical cultural and historical significance to the Mi’kmaq and Acadian peoples;”.

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

The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Quinn, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dagenais, for the third reading of Bill S-273, An Act to declare the Chignecto Isthmus Dykeland System and related works to be for the general advantage of Canada, as amended.

After debate,

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

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

The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Quinn, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dagenais, for the third reading of Bill S-273, An Act to declare the Chignecto Isthmus Dykeland System and related works to be for the general advantage of Canada, as amended.

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

YEAS

The Honourable Senators

ArnotAtaullahjanAucoinBattersBernardBoehmBrazeauBureyCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DowneDuncanForestGerbaGignacHousakosKutcherLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMcBeanMiville-DechêneMoodieOslerOudarPatePetitclercPettenPlettProsperQuinnRavaliaRichardsRobinsonRossSeidmanSmithSorensenTannasVaroneVernerWells—55

NAYS

The Honourable Senators

BellemareGoldHarderKingstonLaBoucane-BensonMassicotteMcNairRinguetteSimonsWoo—10

ABSTENTIONS

The Honourable Senators

LankinMégieOmidvarSaint-Germain—4

Accordingly, Bill S-273, as amended, was read a third time and passed.

Ordered, That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed this bill, to which it desires its concurrence.

Commons Public Bills – Third Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator Al Zaibak, for the third reading of Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Housakos, 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. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Senate Public Bills – Reports of Committees

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

Senate Public Bills – Second Reading

Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Ordered, That Order No. 22 under OTHER BUSINESS, Inquiries, be brought forward.

Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Cardozo, calling the attention of the Senate to the future of the CBC/Radio-Canada.

Ordered: That further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

ADJOURNMENT

With leave of the Senate,

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 6:22 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)

Nineteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, entitled The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 25 and 26 of Part 4 of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 10, 2024, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on May 9, 2024.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3084S.

Eighth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, entitled The subject matter of those elements contained in Division 28 of Part 4 of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 10, 2024, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on May 9, 2024.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3085S.

Twenty-third report of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, entitled The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 29, 30, 35, 36, 43 and 44 of Part 4, and in Subdivisions B and C of Division 34 of Part 4 of Bill C-69, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 10, 2024, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on May 9, 2024.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3086S.

(Pursuant to the order adopted May 9, 2024, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)

Report by Export Development Canada on Canada Account Operations for the fiscal year 2022-23, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3087.

Interim Order No. 2 Respecting the Discharge of Sewage and the Release of Greywater by Cruise Ships in Canadian Waters, pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, S.C. 2001, c. 26, sbs. 10.1(7).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3088.

Interim Order No. 3 Respecting the Compulsory Pilotage Area of Sheet Harbour, pursuant to the Pilotage Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-14, sbs. 52.2(8).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3089.

Interim Order No. 3 Respecting the Compulsory Pilotage Area of Belledune, pursuant to the Pilotage Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-14, sbs. 52.2(8).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3090.

Proposed Regulations Amending Schedule 1 to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (Treated Articles), pursuant to the Act, S.C. 2010, c. 21, sbs. 38(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3091.

Report on the administration of the Atlantic Fisheries Restructuring Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-14, sbs. 8(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3092.

Report of operations under the Fisheries Development Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-21, s. 10.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-3093.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Oudar was added to the membership (June 7, 2024).

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (June 10, 2024).

The Honourable Senator Petten replaced the Honourable Senator Sorensen (June 10, 2024).

The Honourable Senator Oudar replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (June 10, 2024).

The Honourable Senator McBean replaced the Honourable Senator Galvez (June 7, 2024).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Greene replaced the Honourable Senator Robinson (June 7, 2024).

Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples

The Honourable Senator McNair was added to the membership (June 7, 2024).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Moncion replaced the Honourable Senator Galvez (June 10, 2024).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

The Honourable Senator Woo replaced the Honourable Senator Dasko (June 11, 2024).

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Audette replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (June 11, 2024).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Yussuff (June 7, 2024).