Pursuant to notice of November 5, 2025, moved:

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, previous order or usual practice, in relation to Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025):

1.if the Senate receives 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, provided that if the Senate has already passed the point on the Orders of the Day where it would deal with the bill at second reading, it be taken into consideration at second reading forthwith, or, if another item is under consideration at the time the bill is received, the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at second reading as the next item of business;

2.if, before this order is adopted, the bill has been placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at a sitting subsequent to the one at which this order is adopted, second reading be brought forward, upon the adoption of this order, so that the bill be taken into consideration at second reading as the next item of business;

3.if the bill is adopted at second reading, it stand referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, which, for the purposes of its consideration of the bill, be authorized to meet even though the Senate may then be sitting or adjourned;

4.on November 19, 2025:

(a)if the committee reports the bill without amendment, the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading later that sitting;

(b)if the committee has not reported the bill by the end of Routine Proceedings, it be deemed to have reported the bill without amendment at that time, with proceedings on the bill then subject to the above provision;

(c)if the committee reports the bill with amendment or with a recommendation that the Senate not proceed further with the bill:

(i)the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration later that sitting; and

(ii)once the Senate decides on the report, the bill, if still before the Senate, be taken into consideration at third reading forthwith;

(d)proceedings on any item related to the bill not be adjourned and no vote requested in relation thereto be deferred;

(e)if the Senate has not concluded proceedings on the bill by 7 p.m., the Speaker interrupt any proceedings then before the Senate in order to put all questions necessary to dispose of the bill at third reading without further debate, provided that:

(i)if a report on the bill is on the Orders of the Day at that time, but has not yet been moved for adoption, it be deemed to have been moved for adoption at that time; and

(ii)if the bill has not yet been moved for third reading at that time, the sponsor, or a designate, be recognized solely to move third reading either at that time, or once the Senate has made a decision on the committee’s report, if the bill is still then before the Senate;

(f)if the Speaker interrupts proceedings at 7 p.m. pursuant to the provisions of this order, no further debate or amendment be permitted at any stage, and, if a standing vote is requested thereafter, the vote not be deferred, and the bells ring once, and for only 15 minutes, without being rung again for any subsequent votes necessary to dispose of the bill;

(g)the Senate not adjourn until all proceedings on the bill have concluded, with the rules and any orders respecting the time of adjournment being suspended until all business required to take place on that day pursuant to this order has been completed;

(h)the provisions of rule 3-3(1) be suspended; and

(i)committees scheduled to meet after 4 p.m. be authorized to do so even though the Senate may then be sitting;

5.if the Senate does not sit on November 19, 2025, any provision in this order referring to that date be read as if it referred to the next day thereafter that the Senate does sit;

6.once the bill has been reported by the committee, or is deemed to have been reported, no motion to refer the report or the bill back to that committee or to another committee be received; and

7.if a vote on any item relating to the bill had, before November 19, 2025, been deferred to that date, proceedings relating to the bill continue after the deferred vote, subject to the terms of paragraph 4 of this order, as applicable.