ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — Business of the Senate
June 17, 2026
Your Honour, this is a tentative point of order. It is not clear to me how Question Period has become cancelled, and I wondered if there could be an explanation for that. Was that your ruling, Your Honour, or some other procedure?
The reason why it happened is because there was a consensus by all groups that, in order to speed up the very busy agenda we have right now down the stretch, it would be to the benefit of this chamber to use that time in order to focus on the very compressed legislative work we have before us.
Obviously, nothing falls off the Order Paper, which is the tradition and the rules of this institution, but there was a consensus between leaders and all caucuses that we have better things to do with that 30 minutes.
If I called Question Period, would you have a question to ask, Senator McPhedran?
I do, Your Honour, unless there has been a procedure.
Certainly, if you want to ask a question, Senator McPhedran, you may do so.
