Honourable senators, I give notice that, at the next sitting of the Senate, I will move:

That, notwithstanding any provisions of the Rules, usual practice or previous order:

1.if a bill is still on the Orders of the Day for second reading at 5:15 p.m. on the day that, pursuant to this order, second reading of the bill must conclude, the Speaker interrupt any proceedings then before the Senate at 5:15 p.m. in order to put all questions necessary to dispose of the bill at second reading, without further debate, amendment or adjournment;

2.if, pursuant to this order, there is a date by which a committee must report a bill:

(a)on that day the committee be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to present its report on the bill with the Clerk of the Senate once the Senate has passed the heading “Presenting or Tabling Reports of Committees” or if the Senate does not sit on that day, with the report being published in the Journals for that day or the next day thereafter that the Senate does sit, as the case may be, and being deemed to have been presented in the Senate, with the following provisions then applying:

(i)if the committee reported the bill with amendment, or with a recommendation pursuant to rule 12-23(5), the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting of the Senate, or

(ii)if the committee reported the bill without amendment, the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting of the Senate; and

(b)if the committee has not reported the bill by the end of that day:

(i)the committee be deemed to have reported the bill without amendment, whether the Senate sat that day or not, and

(ii)the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting of the Senate;

3.if, pursuant to this order, there is a date by which third reading of a bill must conclude, and, at 5:15 p.m. on that day, the order for consideration of a committee’s report on the bill or for third reading of the bill is still on the Orders of the Day, the Speaker interrupt any proceedings then before the Senate at 5:15 p.m. in order to put all questions necessary to dispose of the bill at third reading, without further debate, amendment or adjournment, with the following provisions then having effect if required:

(a)if the report of a committee on the bill is on the Orders of the Day, but has not yet been moved for adoption, a motion for the adoption of the report be deemed to have been moved and seconded, with the provisions of sub-point (b) applying thereafter;

(b)if the report of a committee on the bill is still before the Senate, a motion for third reading be deemed to have been moved and seconded, if applicable, once the report has been decided on; and

(c)if the bill is on the Orders of the Day for third reading, but third reading has not yet been moved, a motion for third reading be deemed to have been moved and seconded;

4.for the purposes of points 1 and 3 of this order:

(a)if the Senate does not sit on the date by which either second or third reading must conclude under the terms of this order, the terms of this order govern proceedings at the next sitting of the Senate as if that day were the date by which either second or third reading must conclude;

(b)if a vote is underway at the time an item is to be dealt with under the terms of this order, the terms of the order only take effect immediately after the vote and any consequential business;

(c)if there are multiple items to be dealt with under the terms of this order at a single sitting, they be dealt with according to the order in which they are listed in this order;

(d)if a standing vote on an item governed by the terms of this order had been deferred so that it would normally occur after 5:15 p.m. on the date provided for in this order, the vote be instead dealt with at 5:15 p.m. on that day, so that the standing vote occur as if it were governed by the terms of the following sub-point;

(e)if a standing vote is requested after the Speaker is required to interrupt proceedings under the terms of this order, the vote not be deferred and the bells to call in the senators ring only once and for 15 minutes, without the further ringing of the bells in relation to any subsequent standing votes requested during that sitting on items governed by this order; and

(f)if a previously deferred standing vote, except one covered by sub-point (d), would conflict with any time provided for under this order, the previously deferred vote be further deferred until the conclusion of proceedings under this order, provided that if the bells have already rung for the taking of a standing vote under the terms of this order, they not ring again for the previously deferred standing vote;

5.for the purposes of points 1, 2 and 3 of this order, if the date by which second or third reading must conclude or the committee must report falls on or before the adoption of this order, the terms of this order govern proceedings at the next sitting of the Senate after this order is adopted, as if that day were the relevant date;

6.at any sitting during which the terms of this order govern any proceedings, no motion to adjourn the Senate be received, and the provisions of the Rules and any previous order relating to the time of automatic adjournment and the suspension of the sitting at 6 p.m. be suspended, until all questions necessary to dispose of any item governed by the terms of this order have been dealt with pursuant to this order;

7.the provisions of this order apply to the following bills:

(a)Bill C-48, An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil to or from ports or marine installations located along British Columbia’s north coast (with the date by which the committee to which the bill is referred must report being May 9, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being June 6, 2019);

(b)Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act (with the date by which the committee to which the bill is referred must report being April 5, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being April 11, 2019);

(c)Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (with the date by which the committee to which the bill is referred must report being April 5, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being April 11, 2019);

(d)Bill C-59, An Act respecting national security matters (with the date by which the committee to which the bill is referred must report being May 16, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being May 30, 2019);

(e)Bill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts in consequence (with the date by which the committee to which the bill is referred must report being May 7, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being May 30, 2019);

(f)Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (with the date by which the committee to which the bill is referred must report being May 9, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being May 30, 2019);

(g)Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms (with the date by which the committee to which the bill is referred must report being April 10, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being May 9, 2019);

(h)Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (with the date by which second reading must conclude being April 4, 2019, the date by which the committee to which the bill may be or is referred must report being May 10, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being May 16, 2019);

(i)Bill C-78, An Act to amend the Divorce Act, the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act (with the date by which second reading must conclude being April 11, 2019, the date by which the committee to which the bill may be or is referred must report being May 14, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being May 16, 2019);

(j)Bill C-81, An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada (with the date by which the committee to which the bill is referred must report being May 7, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being May 16, 2019); and

(k)Bill C-85, An Act to amend the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (with the date by which second reading must conclude being April 4, 2019, the date by which the committee to which the bill may be or is referred must report being April 30, 2019, and the date by which third reading must conclude being May 9, 2019); and

8. for greater certainty, nothing in this order prevent a committee reporting before, or proceedings at any stage concluding before, the dates provided for in this order.