The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoyerBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDalphondDeacon (Nova Scotia)DeanDowneDuncanDyckEatonFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGriffinHarderHousakosKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLankinLovelace NicholasMacDonaldMartinMarwahMcCallumMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMitchellMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMunsonOhOmidvarPatePattersonPlettPratteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSinclairSmithTannasTkachukVernerWellsWhiteWoo

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoyerBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDalphond*DayDeacon (Nova Scotia)DeanDowneDuncanDyckEatonFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGriffinHarderHousakosKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLankinLovelace NicholasMacDonaldMartinMarwahMcCallumMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMitchellMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMunsonOhOmidvarPatePattersonPlettPratteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSinclairSmithTannasTkachukVernerWellsWhiteWoo

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

Notices of Motions

With leave of the Senate,

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

That, for the purposes of its consideration of Bill C-93, An Act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis, the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs be authorized to meet on Monday, June 17, 2019:

(a)even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 12-18(1) being suspended in relation thereto; and

(b)even though the Senate may be then be adjourned for more than a day but less than a week, notwithstanding rule 12-18(2).

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

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Messages from the House of Commons

Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Bills – Third Reading

Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, seconded by the Honourable Senator Simons, for the third reading of Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, as amended.

After debate,

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

The bill, as amended, 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 with certain amendments, to which it desires its concurrence.

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Order No. 5 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Reports of Committees – Other

Orders No. 22 to 28, 33 and 34, and 36 to 44 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 1 and 246 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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

That, when the Senate next adjourns after the adoption of this motion, it do stand adjourned until Monday, June 17, 2019, at 6 p.m.;

That committees of the Senate scheduled to meet on that day be authorized to do so for the purpose of considering government business, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 12-18(1) be suspended in relation thereto;

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, if a vote is deferred to that day, the bells for the vote ring at the start of Orders of the Day, for 15 minutes, with the vote to be held thereafter; and

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

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

Inquiries

Order No. 4 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

ADJOURNMENT

At 10:20 a.m., pursuant to the orders adopted by the Senate on May 30, 2019 and earlier today, the Senate adjourned until Monday, June 17, 2019, at 6 p.m.