summary <div>On Thursday, March 12, 2026, the Senate adopted the following motion:<br /><br />That:<br /><br />1. the bill stand referred to the <a href="https://sencanada.ca/en/committees/lcjc/" target="_blank">Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs</a>;<br /><br />2. the <a href="https://sencanada.ca/en/committees/appa/" target="_blank">Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples</a> be authorized to examine and report on the subject matter of the bill; and<br /><br />3. the <a href="https://sencanada.ca/en/committees/lcjc/" target="_blank">Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs</a> be authorized to take into account any report from the <a href="https://sencanada.ca/en/committees/appa/" target="_blank">Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples</a> on the subject matter of the bill tabled in the Senate during its consideration of the bill.</div> Senate — First reading: Completed (2025-11-20) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2026-03-12) Senate — Consideration in committee: No activity LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/s-241