Moved:

That:

(a)pursuant to subsection 24(1) of the Building Canada Act and section 62 of the Emergencies Act, a special joint committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons be appointed to review the Governor in Council’s and the Minister’s exercise of their powers and performance of their duties and functions under the Building Canada Act, and to report to each House of Parliament the results of its review, at least once every 180 days while Parliament is neither prorogued or dissolved;

(b)pursuant to subsection 62(2) of the Emergencies Act, the committee be composed of the following five members of the Senate: the Government Representative in the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, the Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group, the Leader of the Canadian Senators Group, and the Leader of the Progressive Senate Group, or their respective nominees, to be designated from time to time in accordance with rule 12-5, and 11 members of the House of Commons, including five members from the government party, five members from the Official Opposition and one member from the Bloc Québécois;

(c)the joint chair of the committee on the part of the Senate shall be from the Government Representative’s Office and the joint chair of the committee on the part of the House of Commons shall be a member representing the Official Opposition;

(d)in addition to the joint chairs, the committee shall elect one deputy chair from the Senate from the Independent Senators Group and two vice-chairs from the House of Commons, of whom the first vice-chair shall be a member representing the government party and the second vice-chair shall be the member representing the Bloc Québécois;

(e)the quorum of the committee be nine members whenever a vote, resolution or other decision is taken, so long as both houses, including one member of the Senate, one member of the government party in the House of Commons and one from the opposition in the House of Commons, are represented, and that the joint chairs be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and authorize the printing thereof, whenever five members are present, so long as both houses, including one member of the Senate, one member of the government party in the House of Commons and one member from the opposition in the House of Commons, are represented;

(f)for greater certainty, the provisions of the order adopted by the Senate on June 4, 2025, respecting the participation of senators in hybrid meetings of joint committees for the remainder of the current session apply to senators on this committee;

(g)the committee have the power to:

(i)meet during sittings and adjournments of the Senate;

(ii)report from time to time;

(iii)send for persons, papers and records;

(iv)publish such papers and evidence as may be ordered by the committee;

(v)retain the services of expert, professional, technical and clerical staff, including legal counsel;

(vi)appoint, from among its members such subcommittees as may be deemed appropriate and to delegate to such subcommittees, all or any of its powers, except the power to report to the Senate and House of Commons; and

(vii)authorize video and audio broadcasting of any or all of its public proceedings and to make them available to the public via the Parliament of Canada’s websites;

(h)all documents laid before the Senate pursuant to the act shall be referred to the committee, and any such documents tabled prior to the adoption of this order shall, instead, be deemed referred to the committee; and

(i)a report of the committee may be deposited with the Clerk of the Senate at any time the Senate stands adjourned, and that any report so deposited may be deposited electronically, with the report being deemed to have been presented or tabled in the Senate; and

That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that house accordingly.