Pursuant to notice of October 7, 2025, moved:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to study and report on the practice of including non-financial matters in bills implementing provisions of budgets and economic statements, including, but not limited to:

(a) examining how the Senate generally reviews and considers non-financial provisions in budget implementation acts;

(b) examining how other legislatures review financial legislation; and

(c) providing recommendations and guidelines to the Senate and its committees on methods to provide proper scrutiny of non-financial provisions found within budget implementation acts while permitting financial provisions to proceed in a timely manner;

That the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than March 31, 2026, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report;

That the committee be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit reports on this study with the Clerk of the Senate if the Senate is not then sitting, and that the reports be deemed to have been tabled in the Senate; and

That the papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the committee on this subject since the beginning of the First Session of the Forty-fourth Parliament be referred to the committee.