Pursuant to notice of October 7, 2025, moved:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs be authorized to examine and report on the impacts of Russia’s disinformation on Canada;

That the papers and evidence received and taken, and the work accomplished by the committee on the topic of disinformation, in December 2024, April 2024, and May 2023 during the First Session of the Forty-fourth Parliament under its order of reference relating to national defence and security generally, including veterans affairs, be referred to the committee;

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

That the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than April 30, 2026, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until 180 days after the tabling of the final report.