Honourable senators, with leave of the Senate and notwithstanding rule 5-5(j), I move:

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, previous order or usual practice, in relation to Bill C-51, An Act to give effect to the self-government treaty recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation/Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate and to make consequential amendments to other Acts:

1.if the Senate receives a message from the House of Commons with the bill after the adoption of this order, the bill, once read a first time, be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading later that day, or, if the Senate has already passed second reading of government bills, second reading be dealt with forthwith;

2.if, before this order is adopted, the bill had been placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at a sitting after the one on which this order is adopted, second reading be brought forward, upon the adoption of this order, to later on the day this order is adopted, or, if the Senate has already passed second reading of government bills, second reading be dealt with forthwith;

3.on the first day the bill is considered at second reading after the adoption of this order, debate on the bill not be adjourned, no vote relating to the bill be deferred, and, if the bill has not been disposed of at second reading by the time provided for the adjournment of the Senate, the Speaker interrupt proceedings at that time in order to put all questions necessary to dispose of the bill at second reading;

4.if the bill is adopted at second reading, it be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, and, for the purposes of its study of the bill, that committee have power to meet even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto;

5.when the committee reports the bill:

(a)if the report is without amendment, the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading later that day; and

(b)if the report is with amendment or recommends against proceeding with the bill, the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration later that day, and, after the report has been disposed of, the bill, if still before the Senate, be taken into consideration at third reading forthwith;

6.if the committee has not reported the bill by Routine Proceedings on the second sitting of the Senate after the bill was referred to the committee, the committee be deemed to have reported the bill without amendment, with the bill then being placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading later that day;

7.when the Senate considers a report of the committee on the bill or deals with the bill at third reading, debate not be adjourned, no vote relating to the bill be deferred, and if the bill has not been disposed of by the time provided for the adjournment of the Senate, the Speaker interrupt proceedings at that time in order to put all questions necessary to dispose of the bill; and

8.for greater certainty, if, under the terms of this order, the Speaker is at any time required to interrupt proceedings then before the Senate in order to put all questions necessary to dispose of the bill at a particular stage, no further debate or amendment be permitted except, if required, to move third reading of the bill, and, if a standing vote is requested after proceedings have been interrupted, the vote not be deferred and the bells ring once, and for only 15 minutes, without being rung again for subsequent votes necessary to dispose of the bill at that stage, with, on that day, any rules and orders relating to the time of adjournment being suspended until the Senate has concluded proceedings as required under this order.

The Hon. the Speaker: Is leave granted, honourable senators?

Hon. Senators: Agreed.