C-4 , 45th Parliament, 1st session Monday, May 26, 2025, to present

On Thursday, June 12, 2025, the Senate adopted the following motion:

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, usual practice or previous order:

1. at 7 p.m. on June 17, 2025, the Senate resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the subject matter of Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure, introduced in the House of Commons on June 5, 2025, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate;

2. the Committee of the Whole receive the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance and National Revenue, accompanied by at most three officials;

3. the committee rise no later than 95 minutes after it begins;

4. the minister’s introductory remarks be limited to a maximum of five minutes;

5. if, during the Committee of the Whole, a senator does not use the entire period of 10 minutes for debate provided under rule 12-31(3)(d), including the responses of the witnesses, that senator may yield the balance of time to another senator;

6. the provisions of rule 3-3(1) and any provision of the Rules or previous order relating to the ordinary time of adjournment be suspended until the Committee of the Whole has completed meeting that day;

7. if a standing vote was deferred to a time that would occur during the meeting of the Committee of the Whole, that vote be further deferred so that the bells only begin once the committee has completed its work; and

8. for greater certainty, all witnesses appear in person.


On Thursday, February 5, 2026, the Senate adopted the following motion:

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, previous order or usual practice, if Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure, is adopted at second reading:

1. it stand referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance;

2. the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs be authorized to examine and report on the subject matter of Part 4 of the bill;

3. the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance:

(a) be authorized to take into account any report from the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to the Senate on the subject matter of Part 4 of the bill, during its consideration of the bill; and

(b) submit its final report to the Senate no later than the end of Routine Proceedings on February 24, 2026, after which it shall be deemed to have reported the bill without amendment, with the bill then being placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting of the Senate;

4. the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs be authorized to deposit its report with the Clerk of the Senate if the Senate is not then sitting; and 5.for the purposes of these studies, both committees have the power to meet, even though the Senate may then be sitting or adjourned, and that rules 12-18(1) and 12-18(2) be suspended in relation thereto.