The Hon. the Speaker: I’m sorry, senator. I will put you on a list, because time is running out and we do have a number of other senators.

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

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, when shall this report be taken into consideration?

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

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Woo, there are senators who wish to ask questions. Will you take questions?

The Hon. the Speaker: Anybody opposed to leave, please say no.

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Carignan, your time is up, but other senators would like to ask you some questions. Are you asking for five more minutes?

Senator Carignan: I am asking for five more minutes. If senators agree, I would be pleased to answer questions.

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Carignan, some senators would like to ask you questions. Will you take some questions?

Senator Carignan: Yes, of course, Your Honour.

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

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Housakos, did you want to join debate or ask a question?

The Hon. the Speaker: Pursuant to rule 3-3(1), I’m required to leave the chair until 7 p.m. unless there is leave that we continue. Accordingly, the sitting is suspended until 7 p.m.

(The sitting of the Senate was suspended.)

(The sitting of the Senate was resumed.)

(1900)

On the Order:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator MacDonald, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, for the adoption of the second report (interim) of the Committee of Selection, entitled Duration of membership on committees, presented in the Senate on December 2, 2021.

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Woo, your time is just about up. Are you asking for five more minutes? I see there are more senators who would like to ask questions.

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

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

The Hon. the Speaker: I’m sorry, Senator McCallum. There are other senators who wish to ask a question. I’ll come back to you if there’s time.

Senator Quinn, did you have a question?

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Duncan, do you have a question?

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I am advised that all of the tablets in the chamber are identified as ZoomGal, but that honourable senators should not use the tablets in the chamber for Zoom chat. If any honourable senators are doing that, I would ask you to refrain from doing it in the future. Thank you, Senator Kutcher, for raising that point.

(At 8:52 p.m., the Senate was continued until Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at 2 p.m.)

The Hon. the Speaker: What I’m told, honourable senators, is that all of the tablets in the chamber are identified as ZoomGal but that honourable senators shouldn’t be using the chat in the chamber. Is that correct?

Senator Wells: I assure honourable senators that I am not ZoomGalUser, but it’s my understanding that debates should happen on the floor or on Zoom, not in the Zoom chat. In my experience, the Zoom chat is used when you have technical difficulties and things like that, not as part of active debate on the sidelines.

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Duncan, did you have a supplementary question?

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Kutcher, did you wish to ask a question?

The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, before calling the next senator for a question, we have just a little over five minutes left in Senator Housakos’s time and we have four senators who wish to ask a question. I’d ask you to please keep your questions brief.

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