Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing), continued to be debated at second reading and was read a second time and referred to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
Senators issued statements and observed a minute of silence in memory of Conservative MP Gord Brown (Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ont.).
Bill C-309, An Act to establish Gender Equality Week, continued to be debated at second reading.
Bill S-246, An Act to amend the Borrowing Authority Act, was debated at second reading.
Bill S-239, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (eliminating foreign funding), continued to be debated at second reading.
The Special Senate Committee on Senate Modernization presented its Twelfth Report, Senate Modernization: Moving Foward – Part II.
The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence tabled its Sixteenth Report, Subject matter of Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts.
