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 rule 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
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Is leave granted, honourable senators?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Hon. the Speaker
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Leave is granted. Accordingly, the sitting is suspended, and the bells will start ringing 15 minutes before the sitting resumes.
