Senator Saint-Germain: Yes.
Some Hon. Senators: Hear, hear.
[Translation]
Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, with leave of the Senate and notwithstanding rule 5-5(k), I move for Senator Klyne:
That:
1.Bill S-241, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (great apes, elephants and certain other animals), be discharged from the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs;
2.the studies of the subject matter of the bill be discharged from the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources; and
3.the bill be withdrawn.
The Hon. the Speaker: Is leave granted, honourable senators?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
(At 10:46 p.m., the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 2 p.m.)
The Hon. the Speaker: Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?