Journals of the Senate
49 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2000, Canada
Journals of the Senate
2nd Session, 36th Parliament
Issue 73
Wednesday, June 28, 2000
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Gildas L. Molgat, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Adams, Andreychuk, Austin, Bacon, Banks, Beaudoin, Bolduc, Boudreau, Bryden, Buchanan, Callbeck, Carstairs, Chalifoux, Christensen, Cochrane, Cogger, Cohen, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, De Bané, DeWare, Doody, Eyton, Fairbairn, Ferretti Barth, Finestone, Finnerty, Fitzpatrick, Forrestall, Fraser, Furey, Gauthier, Gill, Grafstein, Graham, Gustafson, Hays, Johnson, Joyal, Kelleher, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Kirby, Kolber, Kroft, Lawson, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lynch-Staunton, Maheu, Meighen, Mercier, Milne, Molgat, Moore, Murray, Nolin, Oliver, Pearson, Pépin, Perrault, Perry (Poirier), Pitfield, Poulin (Charette), Poy, Prud'homme, Rivest, Roberge, Robertson, Robichaud, (L'Acadie-Acadia), Robichaud, (Saint-Louis-de-Kent), Roche, Rompkey, Rossiter, Ruck, St. Germain, Setlakwe, Sibbeston, Simard, Spivak, Squires, Stollery, Stratton, Taylor, Tkachuk, Watt, Wiebe, Wilson
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Adams, Andreychuk, Austin, Bacon, Banks, Beaudoin, Bolduc, Boudreau, Bryden, Buchanan, Callbeck, Carstairs, Chalifoux, Christensen, Cochrane, Cogger, Cohen, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, De Bané, DeWare, Doody, Eyton, Fairbairn, Ferretti Barth, Finestone, Finnerty, Fitzpatrick, Forrestall, Fraser, Furey, Gauthier, Gill, Grafstein, Graham, Gustafson, Hays, Johnson, Joyal, Kelleher, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Kirby, Kolber, Kroft, Lawson, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lynch-Staunton, Maheu, Meighen, Mercier, Milne, Molgat, Moore, Murray, Nolin, Oliver, Pearson, Pépin, Perrault, Perry (Poirier), Pitfield, Poulin (Charette), Poy, Prud'homme, Rivest, Roberge, Robertson, Robichaud, (L'Acadie-Acadia), Robichaud, (Saint-Louis-de-Kent), Roche, Rompkey, Rossiter, Ruck, St. Germain, Setlakwe, Sibbeston, Simard, Spivak, Squires, Stollery, Stratton, Taylor, Tkachuk, Watt, Wiebe, Wilson
PRAYERS
The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that a Commission under the Great Seal has been issued to Gary William O'Brien, Deputy Clerk and Principal Clerk of Legislative Services of the Senate, appointing him a Commissioner to administer the Oath of Allegiance to Members of the Senate and also to take and receive their Declarations of Qualification.
The said Commission is as follows:-
Adrienne Clarkson (G.S.)
CANADA
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.MORIS ROSENBERG Deputy Attorney General
TO Gary William O'Brien, of the City of Nepean, in the Province of Ontario,
GREETING:
KNOW YOU that, reposing trust and confidence in your loyalty, integrity and ability We have assigned, constituted and appointed and by these Presents do assign, constitute and appoint you,
GARY WILLIAM O'BRIEN
Our Commissioner to tender and administer to and take from all and every person or persons who is or are appointed a Member of the Senate of Canada the Oath of Allegiance contained in the fifth schedule to the Constitution Act, 1867, and the Declaration of Qualification contained in the same schedule.TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said powers and authorities unto you, Gary William O'Brien, during Our Pleasure and your tenure of office as Deputy Clerk of the Senate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS:
AT OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this twentieth day of June in the year of Our Lord two thousand and in the forty-ninth year of Our Reign.Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Adrienne Clarkson, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
BY COMMAND,
PETER HARDER
Deputy Registrar General of Canada
The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that a Commission under the Great Seal has been issued to Mark Anthony Audcent, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, appointing him a Commissioner to administer the Oath of Allegiance to Members of the Senate and also to take and receive their Declarations of Qualification.
The said Commission is as follows:-
Adrienne Clarkson (G.S.)
CANADA
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.MORIS ROSENBERG Deputy Attorney General
TO Mark Anthony Audcent, of the City of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario,
GREETING:
KNOW YOU that reposing trust and confidence in your loyalty, integrity and ability We have assigned, constituted and appointed and by these Presents do assign, constitute and appoint you,
MARK ANTHONY AUDCENT
Our Commissioner to tender and administer to and take from all and every person or persons who is or are appointed a Member of the Senate of Canada the Oath of Allegiance contained in the fifth schedule to the Constitution Act, 1867, and the Declaration of Qualification contained in the said schedule.TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said powers and authorities unto you, Mark Anthony Audcent, during Our Pleasure and your tenure of office as Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS:
AT OUR GOVERNMENT HOUSE, in Our City of Ottawa, this twentieth day of June in the year of Our Lord two thousand and in the forty-ninth year of Our Reign.Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Adrienne Clarkson, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
BY COMMAND,
PETER HARDER
Deputy Registrar General of Canada
SENATORS' STATEMENTS
Some Honourable Senators made statements.DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Tabling of Documents
The Honourable Senator Hays tabled the following:Report of the Business Development Bank, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, entitled: "BDC Financing at the Speed of Innovation: Empowering Local Solutions for Global Competition".-Sessional Paper No. 2/36-445.
Presentation of Reports from Standing or Special Committees
The Honourable Senator Bacon, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications tabled its Sixth Report entitled: "Report on Air Safety and Security". -Sessional Paper No. 2/36-446S.Government Notices of Motions
The Honourable Senator Hays moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Kinsella:That the Speaker of the Senate send an Address to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother expressing the heartiest good wishes and congratulations of all Senators on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills
Third reading of Bill C-19, An Act respecting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and to implement the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.The Honourable Senator Stollery moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poulin, that the Bill be read the third time.
After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted, on division.
The Bill was then read the third time and passed, on division.
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate have passed this Bill, without amendment.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Hays, seconded by the Honourable Senator Graham, P.C., for the third reading of Bill C-20, An Act to give effect to the requirement for clarity as set out in the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Quebec Secession Reference,
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Watt, seconded by the Honourable Senator Adams, that Bill C-20 be amended in paragraph six of the Preamble to read as follows:
WHEREAS the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that, in Canada, the secession of a province, to be lawful, would require an amendment to the Constitution of Canada, that such an amendment would perforce require negotiations in relation to secession involving at least the governments of all of the provinces and the Government of Canada, as well as representatives of the aboriginal peoples of Canada, especially those in the province whose government proposed the referendum on secession, and that those negotiations would be governed by the principles of federalism, democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law, and the protection of minorities;
and in subclause 3(1) to read as follows:
It is recognized that there is no right under the Constitution of Canada to effect the secession of a province from Canada unilaterally and that, therefore, an amendment to the Constitution of Canada would be required for any province to secede from Canada, which in turn would require negotiations involving at least the governments of all of the provinces and the Government of Canada, and the representatives of the aboriginal peoples of Canada, especially those in the province whose government proposed the referendum on secession.
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Gauthier, seconded by the Honourable Senator Corbin, that Bill C-20 be not now read a third time but that it be amended:
(a) in clause 1, on page 3, by replacing line 40 with the following:
(b) in clause 2, on page 5, by replacing line 2 with the following:"resolutions by the Senate, any formal statements or resolutions by the representatives of the English or French linguistic minority population of each province, especially those in the province whose government is proposing the referendum on secession, any formal state-"; and
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Grafstein, that Bill C-20 be not now read a third time but that it be amended:"ate, any formal statements or resolutions by the representatives of the English or French linguistic minority population of each province, especially those in the province whose government proposed the referendum on secession, any formal statements or resolutions by".
(a) on page 2, by adding the following after line 33:
"1. Subject to this Act, the Government of Canada must act at all times in accordance with the principle that Canada is one and indivisible.";
(b) in clause 3, on page 5, by adding the following after line 24:
"(2) Where it has been determined, pursuant to section 3, that there has been a clear expression of a will by a clear majority of the population of a province that the province cease to be part of Canada,
(a) the Government of Canada shall consult the population of Canada, by national referendum, about the proposed secession; and
(b) after the national referendum, the Senate and the House of Commons may, by joint resolution, authorize the Government of Canada to enter into negotiations to effect the secession of the province from Canada, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the resolution."; and
(c) by renumbering clauses 1 to 3 as clauses 2 to 4 and subclause 3(2) as (3), and any cross-references thereto accordingly.
After debate, With leave of the Senate, In amendment, the Honourable Senator Banks moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Corbin, that Bill C-20 be not now read a third time but that it be amended, in clause 2, on page 5, by adding after line 15 the following:
"(5) The Government of Canada shall not enter into negotiations on the terms on which a province might cease to be part of Canada if, within 30 days of the House of Commons making a determination that there has been a clear expression of a will by a clear majority of the population of a province that the province cease to be part of Canada pursuant to subsection (1), such negotiations are objected to by at least three of the following:
(a) Ontario;
(b) Quebec;
(c) British Columbia;
(d) two or more of the Atlantic provinces that have, according to the then latest general census, combined populations of at least fifty per cent of the population of all the Atlantic provinces; and
(e) two or more of the Prairie provinces that have, according to the then latest general census, combined populations of at least fifty per cent of the population of all the Prairie provinces.
(6) The following definitions apply in this section.
"Atlantic provinces" means the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
"Prairie provinces" means the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.".
After debate, With leave of the Senate, In amendment, the Honourable Senator Grafstein moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., that Bill C-20 be not now read a third time, but that it be amended
(a) in clause 1,
(i) on page 2,
(A) by replacing line 34 with the following:"1. (1) The Senate and the House of Commons shall, within", and
"Canada, consider the question and, by joint resolution, set out their determination on whether the",(B) by replacing lines 40 and 41 with the following:
(ii) on page 3,
(A) by replacing line 7 with the following:"dum question, the Senate and the House of Commons shall",
"dum question, the Senate and the House of Commons shall",(B) by replacing line 32 with the following:
"resolutions by the representatives of", and(C) by replacing lines 40 and 41 with the following:
"any other views they consider to be relevant", and(D) by replacing line 45 with the following:
"the Senate and the House of Commons determine, pursuant"; and(iii) on page 4, by replacing line 4 with the following:
(b) in clause 2,
(i) on page 4,
(A) by replacing lines 15 to 18 with the following:"Canada, the Senate and the House of Commons shall, except where they have determined pursuant to section 1 that a referendum question is not clear, consider and, by joint resolution, set out their deter-",
"province cease to be part of Canada, the Senate and the House",(B) by replacing line 27 with the following:
"(c) any other matters or circumstances they consider to be relevant.", and(C) by replacing lines 33 and 34 with the following:
"province cease to be part of Canada, the Senate and the House", and(D) by replacing line 38 with the following:
(ii) on page 5,
(A) by replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following:"formal statements or resolutions by",
"on secession, and any other views they consider", and(B) by replacing line 6 with the following:
"unless the Senate and the House of Commons determine,".(C) by replacing line 11 with the following:
After debate, The Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator DeWare, that further debate on the motions in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Banks, seconded by the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth, for the second reading of Bill C-27, An Act respecting the national parks of Canada.
After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Banks moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wiebe, that the Bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Hays, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (L'Acadie-Acadia), for the second reading of Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act.
After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Hays moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Banks, that the Bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Callbeck, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cook, for the second reading of Bill C-5, An Act to establish the Canadian Tourism Commission.
After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Callbeck moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cook, that the Bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Kolber, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bacon, for the second reading of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, a related Act, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Budget Implementation Act, 1997, the Budget Implementation Act, 1998, the Budget Implementation Act, 1999, the Canada Pension Plan, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, the Customs Act, the Customs Tariff, the Employment Insurance Act, the Excise Act, the Income Tax Act, the Tax Court of Canada Act and the Unemployment Insurance Act.
After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Kolber moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bacon, that the Bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick, seconded by the Honourable Senator Callbeck, for the second reading of Bill S-26, An Act to repeal An Act to incorporate the Western Canada Telephone Company.
After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Kennedy, that the Bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Order No. 8 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
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With leave, The Senate reverted to Presentation of Reports From Standing or Special Committees. The Honourable Senator Milne, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, presented its Ninth Report (Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (impaired driving causing death and other matters)) without amendment.The Honourable Senator Milne moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cordy, that the Bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Grafstein, seconded by the Honourable Senator Maheu, for the third reading of Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Poet Laureate).After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate have passed this Bill to which they desire their concurrence. Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting. Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton, seconded by the Honourable Senator DeWare, for the second reading of Bill S-23, An Act respecting Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day.
After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Hays moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., that the Bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Orders No. 4 to 6 were called and postponed until the next sitting. Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Grimard, seconded by the Honourable Senator Atkins, for the second reading of Bill S-16, An Act respecting Sir John A. Macdonald Day.
After debate, The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Hays moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., that the Bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Private Bills
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.Reports of Committees
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Austin, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Banks, for the adoption of the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Privileges, Standing Rules and Orders (changes to Rule 86), presented in the Senate on June 22, 2000.After debate, In amendment, the Honourable Senator Roche moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., that the Report be amended by adding, before "Respectfully submitted" the following words:
"Also, that the Rules of the Senate be amended as follows:
a. by adding a new Rule 85 (2.2)(a):"(2.2)(a) The Committee of Selection may make a recommendation to the Senate that two additional members be added to any standing committee."
"(2.2)(b) Senators may apply to sit on a standing committee either by application to their respective Whip or directly to the Committee of Selection.""b. by adding a new Rule 85 (2.2)(b):
A Point of Order was raised as to the acceptability of the motion in amendment.
After debate, The Speaker reserved his decision. Consideration of the Eleventh Report of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration (budgets of certain Committees), presented in the Senate on June 27, 2000.
The Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Squires, that the Report be adopted.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Orders No. 3 and 4 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Orders No. 14, 12 (inquiries), 57 (motion), 21, 22, 17 (inquiries) and 7 (motion) were called and postponed until the next sitting. Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Cools calling the attention of the Senate:(a) to persons of Canadian birth who sat as members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, including Ontario-born Edward Blake, Liberal Minister of Justice of Canada 1875-1877 also Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada 1880-1887, and New-Brunswick born the Right Honourable Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1922-1923, and Ontario-born Sir Bryant Irvine, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom 1976-1982;
(b) to persons of Canadian birth who sat as members of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, including the Right Honourable Richard B. Bennett, Prime Minster of Canada 1930-1935, and Lord Beaverbrook, Cabinet Minister in the United Kingdom in 1918 and 1940-1942;
(c) to persons of British birth born in the United Kingdom or the Dominions and Colonies who have served in the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada including the Right Honourable John Turner, Prime Minister of Canada 1984 also Liberal Leader of the Opposition l984-1990 and myself, a sitting black female Senator born in the British West Indies;
(d) to persons of Canadian citizenship who were members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom including the Prime Ministers of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justices, and some Cabinet Ministers of Canada including the Leader of the Government in the Senate 1921-1930 and 1935-1942 the Right Honourable Senator Raoul Dandurand appointed to the United Kingdom Privy Council in 1941;
(e) to the 1919 Nickle Resolution, a motion of only the House of Commons of Canada for an address to His Majesty King George V and to Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's 1934 words in the House of Commons characterizing this Resolution, that:"That was as ineffective in law as it is possible for any group of words to be. It was not only ineffective, but I am sorry to say, it was an affront to the sovereign himself. Every constitutional lawyer, or anyone who has taken the trouble to study this matter realizes that that is what was done.";
"So long as I remain a citizen of the British Empire and a loyal subject of the King, I do not propose to do otherwise than assume the prerogative rights of the Sovereign to recognize the services of his subjects." ;(f) to the words of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett in a 1934 letter to J.R. MacNicol, MP that:
(g) to the many distinguished Canadians who have received honours since 1919 from the King or Queen of Canada including the knighting in 1934 of Sir Lyman Duff, Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice, and in 1935 of Sir Ernest MacMillan, musician, and in 1986 of Sir Bryant Irvine, parliamentarian, and in 1994 of Sir Neil Shaw, industrialist, and in 1994 of Sir Conrad Swan, advisor to Prime Minister Lester Pearson on the National Flag of Canada;
(h) to the many distinguished Canadians who have received 646 orders and distinctions from foreign non-British, non-Canadian sovereigns between 1919 and February 1929;
(i) to the legal and constitutional position of persons of Canadian birth and citizenship, in respect of their ability and disability for their membership in the United Kingdom House of Lords and House of Commons, particularly Canadians domiciled in the United Kingdom holding dual citizenship of Canada and of the United Kingdom;
(j) to the legal and constitutional position of Canadians at home and abroad in respect of entitlement to receive honours and distinctions from their own Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II of Canada, and to the position in respect of their entitlement to receive honours and distinctions from sovereigns other than their own, including from the sovereign of France the honour, the Ordre Royale de la Légion d'Honneur;
(k) to those honours, distinctions, and awards that are not hereditary in character such as life peerages, knighthoods, military and chivalrous orders; and
(l) to the recommendation by the United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for the appointment to the House of Lords as a non-hereditary peer and lord of Mr. Conrad Black a distinguished Canadian, publisher, entrepreneur and also the Honorary Colonel of the Governor General's Foot Guards of Canada.After debate, The Honourable Senator Prud'homme, P.C. moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cools, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted. Orders No. 19 and 23 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
MOTIONS
The Honourable Senator DeWare for the Honourable Senator Meighen moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gustafson:That the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to examine and report on the health care provided to veterans of war and of peacekeeping missions; the implementation of the recommendations made in its previous reports on such matters; and the terms of service, post-discharge benefits and health care of members of the regular and reserve forces as well as members of the RCMP and of civilians who have served in close support of uniformed peacekeepers;
That the Committee report no later than June 30, 2001; and
That the Committee be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit its report with the Clerk of the Senate, if the Senate is not then sitting; and that the report be deemed to have been tabled in the Chamber.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Taylor moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Watt:
That the Senate of Canada views with grave concern the increasingly frequent practice of the House of Commons to debate and pass legislation which ignores the constitutional role of the Senate, the rights of our aboriginal peoples and official minority language groups;
That the Senate will continue to maintain its legitimate constitutional status by amending any bill that fails to recognize the constitutional roles enjoyed by both Houses of Parliament; and
That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House accordingly.
After debate, The Honourable Senator Kinsella moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cohen, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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With leave, The Senate reverted to Presentation of Reports From Standing or Special Committees.The Honourable Senator Nolin presented the following.
WEDNESDAY, June 28, 2000
The Special Committee on Illegal Drugs has the honour to present its
FIRST REPORT
Your Committee, which was authorized by the Senate on April 11, 2000 to reassess Canada's anti-drug legislation and policies, respectfully requests that it be empowered to engage the services of such counsel and technical, clerical, and other personnel as may be necessary, and to adjourn from place to place within and outside Canada.The budget was presented to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration on Tuesday, June 27, 2000. In its Eleventh Report, the Internal Economy Committee recommended that an amount of $170,062 be released for this study. The report was adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, June 28, 2000.
Respectfully submitted,
PIERRE CLAUDE NOLIN
Chair
With leave of the Senate, The Honourable Senator Nolin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cohen, that the Report be adopted now.The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Government Notices of Motions
With leave of the Senate, The Honourable Senator Hays moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Austin, P.C.:That when the Senate adjourns today, it do stand adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, June 29, 2000, at 1:00 p.m.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Hays moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Carstairs:That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural ResourcesThe name of the Honourable Senator Eyton substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Murray (June 27).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
The name of the Honourable Senator Austin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool (June 27 ).
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The names of the Honourable Senators Cools and Christensen substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Losier-Cool and Poy (June 28).