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Government Business No. 13—Proceedings on Bill C‑22

2026-06-17 Sitting 138 Showing 1–5 of 5

A bill to modernize and standardize how law enforcement can access data and information during investigations, including subscriber info and tracking data. Facilitates new abilities like getting data from foreign telecom providers. The debate consisted almost entirely of members from all parties giving personal tributes and congratulations to a retiring MP, with little discussion of the actual bill.

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Hon. Mark Gerretsen

Liberal 5:00 p.m.

“I want the Conservatives and Liberals to switch their speaking order. Keep the regular rules and time limits for those spots though.”

Hon. Wayne Long

Liberal 5:00 p.m.

“I want to rush this bill through without full debate or scrutiny. The committee must finish quickly and we will limit speaking time in the House. The government wants this passed fast, so no one can slow us down.”

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moved: That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House, Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access, be disposed of as follows: (a) it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security that, during its consideration of the bill, (i) the committee shall meet, within one hour after the adoption of this order, for the purpose of completing clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, (ii) if the committee has not completed the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill within 30 minutes of the beginning of the meeting, all remaining amendments that were submitted to the committee by 4:30 p.m. on June 15, 2026, shall be deemed moved, the Chair shall put the question forthwith and successively without further debate on all remaining clauses and amendments submitted to the committee, as well as each and every question necessary to dispose of the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, and the committee shall not adjourn the meeting until it has disposed of the bill, (iii) the committee shall have first priority for the use of House resources for this meeting, (iv) a member of the committee may report the bill to the House by depositing it with the Clerk of the House at any time after the completion of clause-by-clause consideration, and the Clerk shall notify the House leaders of the recognized parties and independent members, and the report shall be deemed to have been duly presented to the House; (b) the bill may be considered at report stage at any time following the completion of paragraph (a)(iv) of this order, and, when the order is read, it shall be deemed to have been concurred in, as amended, at the report stage; (c) a motion for third reading may be made immediately after the bill has been concurred in, as amended, at report stage; (d) motions to proceed to the orders of the day to consider the bill, and to adjourn the debate or the House may be moved by a minister of the Crown, including on a point of order, and any such motion when moved by a minister of the Crown, shall be deemed adopted; (e) when the House begins debate at the third reading stage of the bill, one member of each recognized party, a member of the New Democratic Party, and the member of the Green Party, may each speak at the said stage for not more than 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for questions and comments, provided that members may be permitted to split their time with another member; (f) at the conclusion of the time provided for the debate at the third reading stage or when no member wishes to speak, whichever is earlier, all questions necessary to dispose of the third reading stage of the bill shall be put without further debate or amendment, provided that, if a recorded division is requested, it shall not be deferred; and (g) when the bill is considered at report stage and at the third reading stage, after 12:00 p.m., no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent, except from a minister of the Crown, shall be received by the Chair. (Government Business No. 13)

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Lisa Hepfner

Liberal 5:25 p.m.

“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”

Hon. Greg Fergus

Liberal 5:30 p.m.

“I have friendly personal feelings toward a fellow MP who is leaving.”

Eric St-Pierre

Liberal 5:35 p.m.

“I'm filling time by praising someone's personal life instead of talking about the actual bill.”

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