QUESTION PERIOD — Business of the Senate
Adjournment
October 1, 2020
Leader, thank you for your help with respect to the hybrid sessions. We look forward to seeing the motion in due course.
I want to ask a question with respect to the motion that Senator Gagné put forward regarding adjournment until October 27. What level of assurance can you give us that we would not be called back for something before then? We’ve heard media stories that there may be something imminent — not that any of us are going to book a vacation over the next while. What is your best read on October 27 as a date that we will be able to stick to?
Thank you for the question.
As leaders, we engage in regular meetings, the details of which remain in confidence. I’ve shared with leaders my best understanding of what the legislative agenda of this government will be in the weeks to come and whether we expect to receive legislation that would require immediate action, as has often been required over this period of the pandemic.
To the best of my understanding, I’m advised there will not be emergency-type legislation that will require us to return within the period to which you refer. That’s the best I can do at this juncture.
