ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS — The Senate
Motion to Authorize Senators to Speak or Vote from a Seat Other Than Their Assigned Places until June 23, 2021, Adopted
February 8, 2021
Hon. Raymonde Gagné (Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative in the Senate)
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Honourable senators, with leave of the Senate and notwithstanding rule 5-5(j), I move:
That, notwithstanding rules 6-1 and 9-8(1)(b), until June 23, 2021, senators:
(a)may speak and vote from a seat other than their assigned places, including from a seat located in the Senate galleries, which shall be considered to be within the bar of the Senate;
(b)remain seated when speaking from a seat located in the Senate galleries; and
(c)may otherwise speak while either standing or seated.
The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Is leave granted, honourable senators?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore
Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
(Motion agreed to.)
