Order, please. I have the honour to inform the House that a communication has been received as follows:
Rideau Hall
Ottawa
June 23, 2005
Mr. Speaker,
I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bills listed in the schedule to this letter on the 28th day of June, 2005, at 5:30 p.m
Yours sincerely,
Curtis Barlow
Deputy Secretary, Policy, Program, Protocol
The schedule indicates that royal assent was given to the following bills: Bill C-43, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 23, 2005, and Bill S-18, an act to amend the Statistics Act.