The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBattersBellemareBernardBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBureyBussonCampbellCardozoCarignanClementCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanForestFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGreeneGreenwoodHarderHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMartinMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPlettRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSorensenTannasWallinWellsWooYussuff

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndersonArnotAudetteBattersBellemareBernardBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBureyBussonCampbellCardozoCarignanClementCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanForestFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGreeneGreenwoodHarderHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacDonaldManningMartinMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPlettRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSorensenTannasWallinWellsWooYussuff

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.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Motions

The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, previous order or usual practice, on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, the Senate adjourn at the earlier of the completion of deliberations on Bill C-11 for that day or midnight.

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

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The Honourable Senator Gagné moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, previous order, or usual practice, until end of the day on June 23, 2023, any joint committee be authorized to hold hybrid meetings, with the provisions of the order of February 10, 2022, concerning such meetings, having effect; and

That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that house accordingly.

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

Bills – Third Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Dawson, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bovey, for the third reading of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, as amended.

After debate,

In amendment, the Honourable Senator Downe moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Francis:

That Bill C-11, as amended, be not now read a third time, but that it be further amended

(a) in clause 28,

(i) on page 32, by adding the following after line 1:

“(2.1) Despite subsections (1) and (2), in the case of a violation of an obligation requiring the Corporation to broadcast a minimum number of hours of regional or local programming, as the case may be, the Corporation is liable to an administrative monetary penalty of $2 million.”,

(ii) on page 37,

(A) by replacing line 8 with the following:

“34.993 (1) An administrative monetary penalty paid or re-”,

(B) by adding the following after line 10:

“(2) Despite subsection (1), an administrative monetary penalty paid or recovered in relation to a violation of an obligation requiring the Corporation to broadcast a minimum number of hours of regional or local programming, as the case may be, is payable — and must be paid by the Corporation within 180 days of the penalty being imposed — to a library that

(a) the Commission specifies by order;

(b) serves the public in the region most directly related to the violation by the Corporation; and

(c) received, in the preceding fiscal year, funds from the Government of Canada, the government of a province or a municipal government.”;

(b) on page 41, by adding the following after line 22:

“31.01 Subsection 71(3) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (c):

(c.1) the names and total compensation, including annual salary, of all staff of the Corporation who, during the year to which the report relates, received total compensation, including annual salary, that is greater than the annual sessional allowance of a member of the Senate for that year as determined under section 55.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act,”.

After debate,

The question being put on the motion in amendment, it was negatived on the following vote:

YEAS

The Honourable Senators

BattersBoisvenuCarignanDagenaisDowneFrancisHousakosMacDonaldManningMartinMcCallumOhPatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PlettRichardsSeidmanTannasWallinWells—20

NAYS

The Honourable Senators

ArnotBellemareBernardBoehmBonifaceBoveyBoyerBureyCampbellCardozoClementCormierCotterCoyleDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanForestGagnéGerbaGignacHarderJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMassicotteMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOmidvarOslerPatePetitclercRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainSimonsSorensenYussuff—46

ABSTENTIONS

The Honourable Senators

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

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

ADJOURNMENT

At 4:52 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate earlier this day, the Senate adjourned until 2 p.m., tomorrow.

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

Report on the Statutes Repeal Act for the year 2023, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 2008, c. 20, s. 2.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1480.

Interim Order No. 76 Respecting Certain Requirements for Civil Aviation Due to COVID-19, pursuant to the Aeronautics Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-2, sbs. 6.41(5) and (6).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1481.

Copy of the Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations (P.C. 2023-14), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1482.

Revised 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. 1/44-1483.

Copy of the Immigration Appeal Division Rules, 2022, pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, sbs. 161(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1484.

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy

The Honourable Senator Sorensen replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (February 1, 2023).

Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

The Honourable Senator Deacon (Nova Scotia) replaced the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain (February 1, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Patterson (Ontario) replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (February 1, 2023).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Mégie replaced the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C. (February 1, 2023).