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The Honourable Senators
Anderson Andreychuk Atkins Beaudoin Berntson Bonnell Bosa Bryden Buchanan Carstairs Charbonneau Cogger Comeau Cools Corbin De Bané DeWare Di Nino Doody Doyle Eyton Fairbairn Forest Gigantès Grafstein Graham Grimard Gustafson Hébert Hervieux-Payette Kelleher Kelly Keon Kinsella Landry Lavoie-Roux LeBreton Lewis Losier-Cool Lynch-Staunton MacDonald (Halifax) Maheu Marchand Mercier Milne Molgat Murray Nolin Pearson Petten Poulin Prud'homme Rivest Rizzuto Robichaud Rompkey Simard Spivak Stanbury Stewart Stollery Stratton Taylor Tkachuk Watt
PRAYERS
The Honourable Senator Stewart moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lewis:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs have power to sit at 3:30 p.m. today, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that Rule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Of Residents of the Province of British Columbia concerningBill S-11, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act.
And on the motion of the Honourable Senator Kinsella, seconded by the Honourable Senator Doyle, that the Interim Report concerning Bill C-29, An Act to regulate interprovincial trade in and the importation for commercial purposes of certain manganese-based substances, be not now proceeded with but be returned to the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources with instructions to implement the recommendation found on page 40 of the Interim Report, to wit:
"We recommend that the Royal Society of Canada undertake a thorough assessment of all information pertinent to Bill C-29 and report its findings back to the Committee at its earliest opportunity"; and
That the Senate do not proceed with further consideration of Bill C-29 until after the Committee has tabled such findings in the Senate.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Buchanan, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Kinsella, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 2 to 4 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The names of the Honourable Senators Stanbury and Anderson substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Moore and Losier-Cool (March 19).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The name of the Honourable Senator Milne substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Moore (March 19).
Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications
The name of the Honourable Senator Whelan substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Milne (March 19).
