The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBeyakBlack (Ontario)BoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerCampbellCarignanChristmasCoolsCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDawsonDayDeacon (Ontario)DowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonEggletonFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosJafferJoyalLankinMacDonaldMaltaisManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcCoyMcInnisMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMocklerMoncionNeufeldNgoOhOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPlettPoirierPratteRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSinclairSmithStewart OlsenTannasTkachukWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBeyakBlack (Ontario)BoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerCampbellCarignanChristmasCoolsCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDawsonDayDeacon (Ontario)DowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonEggletonFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosJafferJoyalLankinMacDonaldMaltaisManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcCoyMcInnis*McIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMocklerMoncionNeufeldNgoOhOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPlettPoirierPratteRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSinclairSmithStewart OlsenTannasTkachukWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

The first list records senators present in the Senate Chamber during the course of the sitting.

An asterisk in the second list indicates a senator who, while not present during the sitting, was in attendance to business, as defined in subsections 8(2) and (3) of the Senators Attendance Policy.

PRAYERS

Senators’ Statements

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS

Tabling of Documents

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Downe tabled the following:

Report of the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, entitled Cost Estimate of Tax Credit for Confederation Bridge Tolls, dated August 31, 2016, prepared for Senator Percy Downe pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 79.2(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2090S.

Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, tabled the eighteenth report of the committee (Subject matter of Bill C-74, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2091S.

(Pursuant to the order adopted on April 24, 2018, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)

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The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, presented the committee’s twenty-fifth report (Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts, with amendments and observations).

(The report is printed as an appendix at pages 3478-3492 (available in print format PDF).)

(The HTML version of the report is available on the committee website.)

Ordered, That the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration later this day.

Notices of Motions

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Galvez moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mégie:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit with the Clerk of the Senate, no later than May 31, 2018, its report on the subject matter of those elements contained in Part 5 of Bill C-74, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures, if the Senate is not then sitting, and that the report be deemed to have been tabled in the Chamber.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

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With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Dyck moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bovey:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples have the power to meet on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at 6:45 p.m., even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 12-18(1) be suspended in relation thereto.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

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With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Patterson:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade have the power to meet today, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 12-18(1) be suspended in relation thereto.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

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With leave,

The Senate reverted to Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees.

The Honourable Senator Patterson, Chair of the Special Committee on the Arctic, tabled the first report of the committee (Subject matter of Bill C-74, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2092S.

(Pursuant to the order adopted on April 24, 2018, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Third Reading

Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Cormier, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wetston, for the third reading of Bill C-66, An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and to make related amendments to other Acts.

After debate,

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

The bill was then read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed this bill, without amendment.

Bills – Reports of Committees

Consideration of the twenty-fifth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts, with amendments and observations), presented in the Senate on May 30, 2018.

The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mercer, that the report be adopted.

After debate,

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on division.

The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mitchell, that the bill, as amended, be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Bills – Second Reading

Orders No. 1 to 4 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

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The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mitchell:

That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs be authorized to examine the subject matter of Bill C-76, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make certain consequential amendments, introduced in the House of Commons on April 30, 2018, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate; and

That, for the purpose of this study, the committee have the power to sit even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Inquiries

Order No. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

ADJOURNMENT

At 4:58 p.m., pursuant to the orders adopted by the Senate on February 4, 2016, and on May 29, 2018, the Senate adjourned until 1:30 p.m., tomorrow.

DOCUMENTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 14-1(7)

Summaries of the Corporate Plan for the period 2018-19 to 2022-23 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets and Borrowing Plan of Farm Credit Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2089.

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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (May 30, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Boniface (May 30, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (May 30, 2018).