Chair of the Committee of Selection, presented the following report:

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The Committee of Selection has the honour to present its

FIRST REPORT

Pursuant to rule 12-2(1) of the Rules of the Senate and the order of the Senate of May 27, 2025, your committee submits below a list of senators nominated by it to serve on committees and makes recommendations on the duration of membership on committees.

Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Boniface, Greenwood, Karetak-Lindell, Pate and Sorensen

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senator McCallum

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Prosper and Tannas

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Audette, Francis and White

Non-affiliated

The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson (seat designated by the Independent Senators Group) and the Honourable Senator McPhedran (seat designated by the Conservative Party of Canada)

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Greenwood, McBean, McNair, Miville-Dechêne, Petitclerc and Sorensen

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Martin and Richards

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Black, Burey and Robinson

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Francis and Muggli

Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senator Loffreda

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senator Wells (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senator Deacon (Nova Scotia)

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senator Klyne

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Loffreda, Massicotte, McBean, Ringuette, Varone and Yussuff

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Marshall and Martin

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Gignac, Pupatello and Wallin

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Fridhandler and Henkel

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Arnot, Duncan, Galvez, Kingston, Kutcher and Youance

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators McCallum and Wells (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Aucoin, Lewis and Verner, P.C.

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Anderson and Fridhandler

Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Boudreau, Busson, Dhillon, Ravalia and Surette

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Manning and Poirier

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Deacon (Nova Scotia) and Osler

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Cuzner, Francis and Gerba

Non-affiliated

The Honourable Senator Petten (seat designated by the Independent Senators Group)

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Boehm, Coyle, Deacon (Ontario), Hébert, Ravalia and Woo

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Ataullahjan and MacDonald

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Adler and Al Zaibak

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Gerba, Harder, P.C., and Wilson

Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Clement, Coyle, Karetak-Lindell and Senior

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senator Batters

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Osler and Ross

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Bernard and Wells (Alberta)

Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Boehm, Boyer, Forest, MacAdam, Moncion, Moodie and Oudar

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Carignan, P.C., and Smith

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Osler, Quinn and Tannas

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Audette, Francis and Henkel

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Arnot, Clement, Dhillon, Oudar, Pate, Saint-Germain and Simons

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Batters and Housakos

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Prosper and Tannas

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Moreau and Wells (Alberta)

Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Coyle and Ravalia

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senator Housakos

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senator Tannas

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senator Cuzner

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Forest, Galvez, Hébert, Kingston, MacAdam and Varone

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Carignan, P.C., and Marshall

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Gignac, Pupatello and Ross

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Cardozo and Moreau

Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Dasko, Deacon (Ontario), Duncan, Kutcher, McNair and Yussuff

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Carignan, P.C., and Richards

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Al Zaibak and Ince

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Anderson, Cardozo and Francis

Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Cormier, Mégie, Moncion and Surette

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senator Poirier

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Ince and Patterson

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Audette and Gerba

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Busson, Mégie, Petitclerc, Ringuette, Saint-Germain, Surette and Yussuff

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Batters and Wells (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Burey, Downe and Tannas

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Dalphond, Wells (Alberta) and White

Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Dean and Woo

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senator Martin

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senator Patterson

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senator White

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Arnold, Boudreau, Mégie, Moodie, Petitclerc and Senior

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Burey and Osler

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Bernard, Hay and Muggli

Non-Affiliated

The Honourable Senators Brazeau and McPhedran (seats designated by the Conservative Party of Canada)

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

Independent Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Arnold, Cormier, Dasko, Dean, Miville-Dechêne and Simons

Conservative Party of Canada

The Honourable Senators Manning and Smith

Canadian Senators Group

The Honourable Senators Lewis, Quinn and Wallin

Progressive Senate Group

The Honourable Senators Hay and Wilson

Your committee also considered the duration of committee membership. Although dissenting opinions were expressed, your committee agreed to recommend that, for the remainder of the session, and notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, usual practice or previous order:

1.Except in the case of the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators and the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight:

(a)a non-affiliated senator may, by written notice to the Clerk, place themselves under the authority of the leader or facilitator of a recognized party or recognized parliamentary group, for the purposes of making membership changes in relation to the membership of one or more committees, including the joint committees, following the process established in rule 12-5 of the Rules of the Senate;

(b)except as provided in sub-paragraph c), if a senator ceases to be a member of a particular recognized party or recognized parliamentary group for any reason, they simultaneously cease to be a member of any committee of which they were then a member, with the resulting vacancy to be filled by the leader or facilitator of the party or group to which the senator had belonged, following the processes established in rule 12-5;

(c)if a senator ceases to be a member of a recognized party or recognized parliamentary group because that party or group ceases to exist, they remain a member of any committee of which they were a member, subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph d), but cease to be chair or deputy chair of any committee on which they held such a position, and cease to be a member of any Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of which they were a member; and

(d)if a non-affiliated senator becomes a member of a recognized party or recognized parliamentary group, they thereby cease to be a member of any committee of which they were then a member, with the resulting vacancy to be filled either:

(i)by the leader or facilitator of the party or group to which the non-affiliated senator’s seat had originally belonged, as provided in sub-paragraph a), or

(ii)by order of the Senate or the adoption by the Senate of a report of the Committee of Selection; and

2.Any changes to the membership of a committee pursuant to paragraph 1 of this report be recorded in the Journals of the Senate.

Respectfully submitted,

MICHAEL L. MACDONALD

Chair