SENATE motion to move to Committee's voted on today!! Harder introduced a motion yesterday to be voted on today as follows:
By the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C.:
February 13, 2018—That, notwithstanding any provisions of the Rules, usual practice or previous order, in relation to Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts:
1.without affecting the progress of any proceedings relating to Bill C-45:
1.1.the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs be authorized to study the subject matter of those elements contained in Parts 1, 2, 8, 9 and 14 of the bill;
1.2.the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples be authorized to study the subject matter of the bill insofar as it relates to the Indigenous peoples of Canada; and
1.3.each of the above committees submit its report to the Senate pursuant to this order no later than April 19, 2018; and
2.if Bill C-45 is read a second time, it be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, in which case that committee be authorized to take any reports tabled under point 1 of this order into consideration during its study of the bill.