Informed the Senate that the following communication had been received:

RIDEAU HALL

February 29, 2024

Madam Speaker,

I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bills listed in the Schedule to this letter on the 29th day of February, 2024, at 5:38 p.m.

Yours sincerely,

Ken MacKillop

Secretary to the Governor General

The Honourable

The Speaker of the Senate

Ottawa

Bills Assented to Thursday, February 29, 2024:

An Act to amalgamate The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa and The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, in Ontario, Canada (Bill S-1001)

An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2 (Bill C-62, Chapter 1, 2024)

Honourable senators, it is now six o’clock. Pursuant to rule 3-3(1), I am obliged to leave the chair until eight o’clock, when we will resume, unless it is your wish to not see the clock.

Honourable senators, is it agreed to not see the clock?