The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of guests from the Canadian Helen Keller Centre, the National Deafblind Awareness Month Working Group, CNIB Deafblind Community Services and the Deafblind Ontario Foundation. They are the guests of the Honourable Senators Martin and Marwah.

On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the Senate of Canada.

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of Sara Tessier, Impact Manager for Formerly Incarcerated Persons at the NorthPine Foundation, and her partner Megan Conrad. They are the guests of the Honourable Senator Pate.

On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the Senate of Canada.

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, after Question Period on Thursday, June 9, 2022, Senator Miville-Dechêne rose on a point of order concerning a possible breach of confidentiality of an in camera meeting that took place earlier that week. I wish to thank the honourable senator for raising this matter, as well as all senators who contributed to the debate on the point of order.

Colleagues, the discussion pertained to items that may have been under discussion in committee. We do not have access to in camera proceedings and do not know what was said or done in the committee. Different facts were placed before us. In my opinion, this would be best discussed by the committee. As stated in paragraph (a) of Appendix IV of the Rules of the Senate, “[i]f a leak of a confidential committee report or other document or proceeding occurs, the committee concerned should first examine the circumstances surrounding it.” The committee can then take the appropriate follow-up measures.

I wish to remind all honourable senators that the deliberations and any proceedings related to in camera meetings are confidential, and your cooperation in being careful on this point is greatly appreciated.

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of Martin Gabber, Laurie Hewson, Peter Walesch and Elfie Walesch. They are the guests of the Honourable Senator Boehm.

On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the Senate of Canada.

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of Austin Fiala and Will Judson. They are the guests of the Honourable Senator Plett.

On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the Senate of Canada.

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, when shall this bill, as amended, be read the third time?

(On motion of Senator Boniface, bill, as amended, placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting of the Senate.)

The Hon. the Speaker: Are senators ready for the question?

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, when shall this bill be read the second time?

(On motion of Senator Kutcher, bill placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading two days hence.)

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, when shall this bill be read the third time?

The Hon. the Speaker: Is leave granted, honourable senators?

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, is leave granted?

The Hon. the Speaker: Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?

The Hon. the Speaker: Is leave granted, honourable senators?

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of Robert Plamondon and Hélène F. Fortin, external members of the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight. They are the guests of the Honourable Senator Klyne.

On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the Senate of Canada.