ORDER OF REFERENCE Extract from the Journals of the Senate of June 5, 2024: The Honourable Senator LaBoucane -Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.: That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs be authorized to examine the subject matter of Bill C -70,

An Act respecting countering foreign interference, introduced in the House of Commons on May 6, 2024, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate; and That, for the purposes of this study, the committee be authorized to meet even though the Senate may then be sitting or adjourned, with the application of rules 12 -18(1) and 12-18(2) being suspended in relation thereto. The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Shaila Anwar Clerk of the Senate