The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBrazeauBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaLovelace NicholasManningMarwahMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPlettRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBattersBellemareBlackBoehmBoisvenuBoniface*BoveyBrazeauBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)*DeanDowneDuncanDupuisFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaLovelace Nicholas*MacDonaldManningMarwahMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPlettRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff

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

Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills

The Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., introduced Bill S-11, A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gagné, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading two days hence.

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

Tabling of Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

The Honourable Senator Dawson tabled the following:

Report of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, Meetings of the Committee on Education, Communication and Cultural Affairs, the Young Parliamentarians Network and the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, Papeete, French Polynesia, from April 19 to 22, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1278.

Report of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, Working Group on Reforming the APF Constitution and Meeting of the APF Political Committee, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, from May 12 to 15, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1279.

Report of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, 9th Francophone Youth Parliament, Tirana, Albania, from July 25 to 31, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1280.

Report of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, 37th Session of the America Region of the APF and Conference of Branch Chairs, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from July 18 to 22, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1281.

Report of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, Bureau meeting and 47th Annual Session, Kigali, Rwanda, from July 5 to 9, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1282.

Report of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, Symposium on Contested Democracies, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, September 15 and 16, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1283.

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Motions

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

Inquiries

Orders No. 2 and 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Other Business

Senate Public Bills – Third Reading

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

Senate Public Bills – Second Reading

Orders No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan, seconded by the Honourable Senator Plett, for the second reading of Bill S-225, An Act to amend the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act (investments).

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the second time.

The Honourable Senator Housakos moved, for the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan, seconded by the Honourable Senator Plett, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

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

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Orders No. 8, 9, 10 and 11 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Wells, for the second reading of Bill S-231, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Criminal Records Act, the National Defence Act and the DNA Identification Act.

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

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

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Boniface, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hartling, for the second reading of Bill S-232, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for the decriminalization of illegal substances, to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

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

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

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Orders No. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Galvez, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gignac, for the second reading of Bill S-243, An Act to enact the Climate-Aligned Finance Act and to make related amendments to other Acts.

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

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

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Orders No. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Commons Public Bills – Second Reading

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

Reports of Committees – Other

Order No. 20 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 19, 30, 50, 52 and 81 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

Orders No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

MOTIONS

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

That a Special Senate Committee on Human Capital and the Labour Market be appointed until the end of the current session, to which may be referred matters relating to human capital, labour markets, and employment generally;

That the committee be composed of nine members, to be nominated by the Committee of Selection, and that four members constitute a quorum; and

That the committee be empowered to inquire into and report on such matters as may be referred to it by the Senate, to send for persons, papers and records, to hear witnesses, and to publish such papers and evidence from day to day as may be ordered by the committee.

After debate,

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

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

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Order No. 83 was withdrawn pursuant to rule 5-10(2).

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 3:31 p.m., the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 2 p.m.)

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

Reports of the Department for Women and Gender Equality for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1272.

Reports of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1273.

Report of the Chief Public Health Officer on the State of Public Health in Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Public Health Agency of Canada Act, S.C. 2006, c. 5, sbs. 12(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1274.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations (P.C. 2022-1102), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1275.

Report on the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 2005, c. 46, sbs. 38.1(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1276.

Report by Export Development Canada on Canada Account Operations for the fiscal year 2020-21, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1277.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (October 26, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy

The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (October 26, 2022).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C. (October 26, 2022).