The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Honourable senators, it being 5:15 p.m., I must interrupt the proceeding. Pursuant to rule 9-6, the bells will ring to call in the senators for the taking of a deferred vote at 5:30 p.m., on the adoption of the twelfth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, with an amendment and observations), presented in the Senate on October 26, 2023.

Call in the senators.

On the Order:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Black, seconded by the Honourable Senator Osler, for the adoption of the twelfth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, with an amendment and observations), presented in the Senate on October 31, 2023.

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Senator McCallum, do you have a question?

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Did you want to ask a question, Senator McCallum?

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Senator McCallum, I hate to interrupt you, but your 15 minutes has expired.

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: The vote will take place at 5:59. Call in the senators.

Motion agreed to and bill read third time and passed on the following division:

Leave having been given to proceed to Other Business, Reports of Committees, Other, Order No. 50:

The Senate proceeded to consideration of the eighth report (interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy, entitled Needed: An Innovation Strategy for the Data-Driven Economy, tabled in the Senate on June 15, 2023.

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: The vote will occur at 5:14 p.m. Call in the senators.

Subamendment negatived on the following division:

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Honourable senators, it being 5:15 p.m. I must interrupt the proceedings, pursuant to rule 9-6. The bells will ring to call in the senators for the taking of a deferred vote at 5:30 p.m. on the second reading of Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada.

Call in the senators.

On the Order:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare, for the second reading of Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada.

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Call in the senators. The vote will occur at 4:35 p.m.

Motion agreed to and bill read third time and passed on the following division:

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Call in the senators for a vote at 4:03 p.m.

Motion agreed to and bill read second time on the following division:

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: I’m sorry, Senator McCallum’s time is up.

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Senator McCallum, we have a question. Do you wish to ask for five minutes?

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Senator McCallum, do you have a question?

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: In amendment, it was moved by the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator Patterson (Nunavut):

That Bill C-32, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022, be not now read a third time, but that it be referred back to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance for further study.

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: I see two senators rising. Do we have an agreement on a 15-minute bell? Call in the senators for 5:12 p.m.

Motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Clement negatived on the following division:

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Do we have agreement on the bell? Call in the senators for 4:53 p.m.

Motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Boisvenu negatived on the following division:

On the Order:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mégie, for the second reading of Bill S-218, An Act to amend the Department for Women and Gender Equality Act.

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: The vote will take place at 4:41 p.m. Call in the senators.

Motion agreed to and bill read second time on the following division:

On the Order:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Duncan, seconded by the Honourable Senator Clement, for the third reading of Bill S-236, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island), as amended.

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Ringuette, seconded by the Honourable Senator Petitclerc:

That Bill S-236, an Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island), as amended, be not read a third time, but that it be referred back to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to hear from the Parliamentary Budget Officer concerning his office’s fiscal analysis on the bill; and

That the committee report to the Senate no later than November 15, 2022.

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: I see two senators standing. Are you calling a vote?

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Thirty minutes it is. Call in the senators.

Motion agreed to and bill read third time and passed on the following division:

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Call in the senators.

Motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Batters negatived on the following division:

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: The vote will take place at 4:30 p.m. Call in the senators.

Motion agreed to and bill read third time and passed on the following division:

The Hon. the Speaker pro tempore: Call in the senators for a vote at 5:42.

Motion agreed to on the following division:

On the Order:

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Gagné:

That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications be authorized to examine the subject matter of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, introduced in the House of Commons on February 2, 2022, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate; and

That, for the purposes of this study, the committee be authorized to meet even though the Senate may then be sitting or adjourned, with the application of rules 12-18(1) and 12-18(2) being suspended in relation thereto.