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Royal Assent

Motion to Suspend Sitting to Await Written Declaration Adopted

June 18, 2026


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

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

That the sitting be suspended to await the announcement of Royal Assent, to reassemble at the call of the chair with a fifteen-minute bell.

The Hon. the Speaker [ + ]

Is leave granted, honourable senators?

Hon. Senators: Agreed.

The Hon. the Speaker [ + ]

Leave is granted. Accordingly, the sitting is suspended, and the bells will start ringing 15 minutes before the sitting resumes.

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