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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Strong and Free Elections Act

Bill to Amend--Twelfth Report of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Presented

June 18, 2026


Hon. David M. Arnot [ + ]

Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on June 15, 2026, presented the following report:

Thursday, June 18, 2026

The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its

TWELFTH REPORT

Your committee, which was authorized to examine Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and to enact An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts, 2026, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Tuesday, June 16, 2026, examined the said bill and now reports the same without amendment but with certain observations, which are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

DAVID M. ARNOT

Chair

(For text of observations, see today’s Journals of the Senate, p. 1122.)

The Hon. the Speaker [ + ]

Honourable senators, when shall this bill be read the third time?

Hon. Pat Duncan

Honourable senators, with leave of the Senate and notwithstanding rule 5-5(b), I move that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading later this day.

The Hon. the Speaker [ + ]

Is leave granted, honourable senators?

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

(On motion of Senator Duncan, bill placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading later this day.)

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