Skip to content

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — The Senate

Notice of Motion to Affect Sittings on June 25 to 27, 2025, and Authorize Committees to Meet During Sittings for the Purposes of Holding Their Organization Meetings

June 18, 2025


Hon. Patti LaBoucane-Benson (Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative in the Senate)

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

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules or previous order:

1.if the Senate sits on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, the sitting continue beyond 4 p.m. until the time provided for adjournment in the Rules or the end of Government Business, whichever comes first, but without affecting any continuation of the sitting that may be permitted under the provisions in the order of June 12, 2025, concerning proceedings on Bill C-5;

2.if the Senate sits on Thursday, June 26, 2025:

(a)the sitting start at 9 a.m.; and

(b)it adjourn at the time provided for adjournment in the Rules or the end of Government Business, whichever comes first;

3.if the Senate sits on Friday, June 27, 2025, it only deal with Government Business once it reaches the Orders of the Day;

4.notwithstanding the provisions of points 1 to 3, if an order for the consideration of a report of the Committee of Selection appears on the Orders of the Day for any of those days as an item of Other Business, that order be treated as if it were an item of Government Business, but only for the purposes of determining the time of adjournment or business to be considered that day under the terms of this order, as the case may be;

5.on Wednesday, June 25, Thursday, June 26, and Friday, June 27, 2025, committees be authorized to meet for the purposes of holding their organization meeting, subject to normal approval processes and the availability of necessary resources, even if the Senate is then sitting, without, for greater certainty, affecting any authority separately granted to a committee to meet while the Senate is sitting; and

6.if, on Thursday, June 26, or Friday, June 27, 2025, either the Government Representative or the Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative advises the Senate that Royal Assent, whether by traditional ceremony or written declaration, is anticipated, the provisions of rule 16-1(8) then apply, with the sitting being suspended if it reaches the end of Government Business, rather than the end of business for the day, before Royal Assent.

Back to top