The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukBellemareBlackBlack (Alberta)BoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBussonCampbellCarignanCormierCoyleDagenaisDaskoDayDeacon (Ontario)DeanDuffyEatonForest-NiesingFrancisFureyGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosJoyalKlyneLankinManningMarwahMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMiville-DechêneMoncionMunsonNgoOhOmidvarPatePlettPoirierPratteRavaliaRichardsSimonsSinclairSmithWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukBellemareBlackBlack (Alberta)BoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBussonCampbellCarignanCormierCoyleDagenaisDaskoDayDeacon (Ontario)DeanDuffyEatonForest-NiesingFrancisFureyGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosJoyalKlyneLankinManningMarwahMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMiville-DechêneMoncionMunsonNgoOhOmidvarPatePlettPoirierPratteRavaliaRichardsSimonsSinclairSmithWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

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

The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., tabled the following:

Charter Statement prepared by the Minister of Justice in relation to Bill C-89, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services.—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2602.

Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills

A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-89, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.

The bill was read the first time.

Ordered, That the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading later this day.

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Second Reading

Second reading of Bill C-89, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services.

The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare, that the bill be read the second time.

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the second time.

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The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare, that the bill be referred to a Committee of the Whole immediately.

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

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Ordered, That rule 3-3(1) be suspended today.

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The sitting was suspended.

The sitting resumed.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

The Senate was accordingly suspended during pleasure and resolved into a Committee of the Whole on Bill C-89, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services, the Honourable Senator Eaton in the chair.

—In the Committee—

Pursuant to rule 12-32(4), the Honourable Patricia Hajdu, P.C., M.P., Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, and the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, accompanied by Ms. Chantal Maheu, Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada, Mr. Anthony Giles, Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada, and Mr. Alfred MacLeod, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada, were escorted to seats in the Senate Chamber.

Debate.

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At 2:52 p.m., the Committee of the Whole was suspended.

At 3 p.m., the Committee of the Whole resumed.

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Pursuant to rule 12-32(5), Ms. Jessica McDonald, Chair of the Board of Directors and Interim President and CEO, Canada Post, was escorted to a seat in the Senate Chamber.

Debate.

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Pursuant to rule 12-32(5), Mr. Mike Palecek, President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, was escorted to a seat in the Senate Chamber.

Debate.

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Ordered, That the committee proceed to clause-by-clause consideration of the bill.

The title of the bill was read and postponed.

The preamble of the bill was read and postponed.

Clause 1, the short title of the bill, was read and postponed.

Clause 2 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 2 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 3 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 3 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 4 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 4 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 5 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 5 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 6 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 6 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 7 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 7 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 8 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 8 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 9 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 9 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 10 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 10 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 11 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 11 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 12 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 12 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 13 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 13 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 14 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 14 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 15 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 15 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 16 of the bill was read.

The question of concurrence being put on clause 16 of the bill, it was adopted.

Clause 1, the short title of the bill, was again read.

The question of concurrence being put on the title of the bill, it was adopted.

The preamble of the bill was again read.

The question of concurrence being put on the preamble of the bill, it was adopted.

The title of the bill was again read.

The question of concurrence being put on the title of the bill, it was adopted.

The question of concurrence being put on the bill, it was adopted, on division.

The question of concurrence in the motion that the chair report the bill to the Senate without amendment being put, it was adopted.

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The sitting of the Senate resumed.

The Chair of the Committee stated that the Committee had examined Bill C-89 and had directed her to report the same to the Senate, without amendment.

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

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With leave of the Senate,

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

That, notwithstanding the order adopted by the Senate on November 22, 2018, when the Senate next adjourns after the adoption of this motion, it do stand adjourned until Monday, November 26, 2018, at 2 p.m.;

That rule 3-3(1) be suspended on that day; and

That committees scheduled to meet on that day be authorized to do so for the purpose of considering Government Business, even if the Senate is then sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto.

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

ADJOURNMENT

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 6:16 p.m., the Senate was continued until Monday, November 26, 2018, at 2 p.m.)

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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Bernard replaced the Honourable Senator Deacon (Nova Scotia) (November 22, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator Klyne (November 22, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Ravalia replaced the Honourable Senator Forest-Niesing (November 22, 2018).