Parliament Institution: Senate

Bill S-13, An Act to amend the Interpretation Act and to make related amendments to other Acts, was debated at second reading.

Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023, was debated at third reading.

Bill C-51, An Act to give effect to the self-government treaty recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was read a second time and was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples.

A message from the House concerning Senate amendments on Bill C-22, An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act, was debated and was adopted.

The Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs presented its fifteenth report, Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the International Transfer of Offenders Act, with amendment and observations