Hon. Brian Francis, pursuant to notice of September 26, 2023, moved:

That, notwithstanding the order of the Senate adopted on Thursday, March 3, 2022, the date for the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples in relation to its study on the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and any other subject concerning Indigenous Peoples be extended from December 31, 2023 to September 1, 2025; and

That the committee be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit with the Clerk of the Senate its reports relating to this study, if the Senate is not then sitting, and that the reports be deemed to have been tabled in the Senate.

(On motion of Senator Housakos, debate adjourned.)

(At 4 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on September 21, 2022, the Senate adjourned until 2 p.m., tomorrow.)

Hon. Brian Francis moved:

That the fourteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, entitled Honouring the Children Who Never Came Home: Truth, Education and Reconciliation, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, be adopted and that, pursuant to rule 12-23(1), the Senate request a complete and detailed response from the government, with the Minister of Crown‑Indigenous Relations being identified as minister responsible for responding to the report, in consultation with the Minister of Indigenous Services Canada and the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

(On motion of Senator Housakos, debate adjourned.)