50 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2001, Canada

Journals of the Senate

1st Session, 37th Parliament

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Issue 16

Thursday, March 15, 2001
2:00 p.m.

The Honourable Daniel Hays, Speaker

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The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

Adams, Bacon, Beaudoin, Bolduc, Bryden, Buchanan, Callbeck, Carney, Carstairs, Christensen, Cochrane, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, De Bané, DeWare, Doody, Fairbairn, Finestone, Fitzpatrick, Forrestall, Fraser, Furey, Gauthier, Grafstein, Graham, Hays, Hubley, Johnson, Joyal, Keon, Kinsella, Kirby, Kolber, Kroft, Lawson, Lynch-Staunton, Maheu, Mahovlich, Meighen, Mercier, Milne, Morin, Murray, Nolin, Pearson, Pépin, Poulin (Charette), Poy, Prud'homme, Rivest, Robichaud, Roche, Rompkey, Rossiter, Setlakwe, Simard, Sparrow, St. Germain, Stollery, Tkachuk, Tunney, Watt, Wiebe, Wilson

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

Adams, *Andreychuk, *Austin, Bacon, Beaudoin, Bolduc, Bryden, Buchanan, Callbeck, Carney, Carstairs, Christensen, Cochrane, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, De Bané, DeWare, Doody, Fairbairn, Finestone, Fitzpatrick, Forrestall, Fraser, Furey, Gauthier, Grafstein, Graham, Hays, Hubley, Johnson, Joyal, *Kelleher, Keon, Kinsella, Kirby, Kolber, Kroft, Lawson, *Losier-Cool, Lynch-Staunton, Maheu, Mahovlich, Meighen, Mercier, Milne, Morin, Murray, Nolin, Pearson, Pépin, Poulin (Charette), Poy, Prud'homme, Rivest, Robichaud, Roche, Rompkey, Rossiter, Setlakwe, Simard, Sparrow, St. Germain, Stollery, *Taylor, Tkachuk, Tunney, Watt, Wiebe, Wilson

PRAYERS

Tribute was paid to the Honourable Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, who resigned from the Senate on March 12, 2001.

 

SENATORS' STATEMENTS

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

 

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Presentation of Petitions

The Honourable Senator Milne presented petitions:

Of Residents of Canada concerning the Statistics Act (census records).

 

ORDERS OF THE DAY

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Motions

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C.:

That Rule 86 of the Rules of the Senate be amended:

1. by deleting subsection 86(1)(h) and replacing it with the following:

(h) The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, composed of twelve members, four of whom shall constitute a quorum, to which shall be referred, if there is a motion to that effect, bills, messages, petitions, inquiries, papers and other matters relating to foreign and Commonwealth relations generally, including:

(i) treaties and international agreements;

(ii) external trade;

(iii) foreign aid;

(iv) territorial and offshore matters.

2. by deleting subsection 86(1)(m) and replacing it with the following:

(m) The Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, composed of twelve members, four of whom shall constitute a quorum, to which shall be referred, if there is an order of the Senate to that effect, bills, messages, petitions, inquiries, papers and other matters relating to social affairs, science, and technology generally, including:

(i) Indian and Inuit affairs;

(ii) cultural affairs and the arts;

(iii) social and labour matters;

(iv) health and welfare;

(v) pensions;

(vi) housing;

(vii) fitness and amateur sports;

(viii) employment and immigration;

(ix) consumer affairs; and

(x) youth affairs.

3. by adding new subsections 86(1)(r) and 86(1)(s) after subsection 86(1)(q) as follows:

(r) The Senate Committee on Defence and Security, composed of nine members, four of whom shall constitute a quorum, to which may be referred, as the Senate may decide, bills, messages, petitions, inquiries, papers and other matters relating to national defence and security generally, including veterans affairs.

(s) The Senate Committee on Human Rights, composed of nine members, four of whom shall constitute a quorum, to which may be referred, as the Senate may decide, bills, messages, petitions, inquires, papers and other matters relating to human rights generally.

After debate,

In amendment, the Honourable Senator Kinsella moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., that the motion be amended by adding after the last paragraph the following:

"And that this change to the Rules of the Senate remain in force and effect until a new committee structure is adopted by the Senate."

The question being put on the motion in amendment, it was adopted.

The question then being put on the main motion as amended, it was adopted on division.

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With leave,

The Senate reverted to Government Notices of Motions.

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Kinsella:

That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Privileges, Standing Rules and Orders that it examine the structure of committees in the Senate, taking into consideration - inter alia - the following:

- available human resources

- the schedule of committees

- the mandate of each committee

- the total number of committees

- the number of Senators on each committee

And that the Committee report its findings to the Senate no later than Wednesday, October 31, 2001.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

 

ORDERS OF THE DAY

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Motions

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Ferretti Barth:

That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Privileges, Standing Rules and Orders that it examine the maximum number of Senators for each of the several standing committees provided for in Rule 86(1); and

That the Committee report its findings to the Senate no later than Tuesday, March 27, 2001,

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Kinsella, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cohen, that the motion be amended by deleting the last paragraph thereof namely:

"That the Committee report its findings to the Senate no later than Tuesday, March 27, 2001."

And on the motion in amendment to the amendment, of the Honourable Senator Murray, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Oliver, that all the words after the word "That" at the beginning of the second paragraph be deleted and the following substituted:

"the Committee report its findings to the Senate not before it has reported on the subject-matter of Senator Gauthier's motion, as amended by Senator Comeau, to establish a Standing Committee on Official Languages."

After debate,

With leave of the Senate, the sub-amendment and the motion in amendment were withdrawn, the Order was discharged, and the motion was withdrawn.

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Cordy, seconded by the Honourable Senator Setlakwe:

That the following Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada:

To Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the Senate of Canada in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament,

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Kinsella, seconded by the Honourable Senator Rossiter, that the following be added to the Address:

We respectfully affirm to Your Excellency that the Speech from the Throne would have captured the imagination of the people of Canada if it contained the following words:

"Canadians are the finest people in the world community today. Our common citizenship speaks to many ways of being Canadian and affords us unique opportunities to be leaders for freedom and dignity for every person with who we share planet earth in the 21st Century.

My government recognizes that we are blessed with an incomparable landscape, natural and human resources, and an historical foundation of freedom, peace and civility. Canada has always been a place where people, seeking opportunity, fairness and security, can build a future.

Despite these enduring strengths, many Canadians feel they no longer share in the Canadian dream. The world is changing rapidly around us, but we face an uncertain and challenging future without a plan. There is a growing sense we have lost our direction.

We need to restore a "common purpose" to this country - to recapture the sense that we are acting together in the interests of the whole community, and to encourage those acts of will that have defined Canada and moved it forward at critical times in our past.

My government's blueprint for this country's future is a plan to strengthen Canada's communities, build a vibrant economy, and govern with integrity.

Strengthening Canada's communities

Canadians feel that the fabric of Canada's communities and institutions has been weakened in recent years.

Canadians' faith in their healthcare system has been shaken. Healthcare cuts have closed thousands of hospital beds, jammed emergency rooms and created unacceptable waiting lists for critical services and treatments.

Cuts to post-secondary education funding have resulted in higher college and university tuition fees, and intolerable debt loads for students. Access to higher education is being lost in Canada, even as the knowledge economy raises the premium on higher qualifications.

At a time when Canadians do not feel safe in their communities, the RCMP has been starved for resources. Meanwhile, the gun registration program is costing Canadians hundreds of millions of dollars, while treating law-abiding gun owners as if they were criminals.

Canadians want to see their common values reflected in Canada's social programs: self-reliance and personal responsibility balanced by compassion, investments in a healthy and well-educated populace, safe communities and fiscal responsibility.

Canadians want their national government to provide leadership in protecting the environment.

My government's Plan for Canada addresses all these issues to build a stronger Canada through stronger communities.

My government will:

- Immediately restore the cash portion of the Canada Health and Social Transfer to at least 1993-94 levels. This would restore completely the health and post-secondary education dollars cut from transfers to provinces.

- Add a sixth principle to medicare - guaranteed stable and predictable long-term healthcare funding - through legislation. Never again will a government be able to scoop billions of dollars out of health care.

- Increase and make refundable the caregiver credit, in consultation with groups representing seniors and Canada's disability community.

- Change the repayment terms for Canada Student Loans to provide that loans are repaid as a percentage of net after tax income starting the first full working year after graduation.

- Introduce a tax credit for post-secondary students repaying Canada Student Loans to a maximum of 10 per cent of the loan principal, per year, for the first 10 years after graduation, provided they remain employed in Canada.

- End the taxation of scholarships awarded to students in colleges and universities.

- Provide the RCMP with stable funding, and with an explicit priority to defeat organized crime, particularly money laundering, human and contraband smuggling, fraud and computer crime.

- Replace the federal Young Offenders Act with new legislation that reflects the principles of protection of the public, deterrence and denunciation balanced with rehabilitation, and the greater use of restorative justice.

- Repeal the current long gun registration system and uphold and enforce provisions that control criminal and unsafe use of firearms.

- Make the health of Canada's children an explicit priority of environmental legislation by introducing a Safe Water Act and a Safe Air Act.

Building a stronger economy

The average Canadian today loses about 47 per cent of his or her income to taxes. High taxes have eroded the standard of living of Canadian families. They have made our businesses less competitive. And they are driving young professionals and entrepreneurs to seek their futures in other countries.

Canadians know that today's balanced budget and growing economy were only achieved through their sacrifice and hard work. They want to share in Canada's prosperity, but they want tax reductions to be fair and benefit all Canadians.

Canadians also know that success in today's world requires that we be competitive with our trading partners, that the new economy demands we reward investment, innovation and creativity.

Canadians want the burden of the national debt - now totalling $560 billion - lifted from the shoulders of their children.

And Canadians want strategic investments targeted towards their priorities.

My government will:

- Cut taxes for all Canadians by raising the basic personal exemption from the current level of $7,231 to $12,000 by 2005. This tax cut will remove 2.3 million low income Canadians - those least able to pay taxes - from the tax rolls. It will also deliver across-the-board tax relief of up to $1,100 (federal/provincial) to the average taxpayer.

- Increase the married and equivalent spouse amount to $12,000 by 2005. When this change is fully implemented, a single earner family would not pay income tax until their income reached $24,000 per year.

- Introduce a child tax amount of $1,176 to assist Canadian families. This will create a tax cut for families with children of $200 per child.

- Eliminate the personal capital gains tax immediately. This will free venture capital, reward personal initiative and help reverse the brain drain by encouraging entrepreneurs to build their future in Canada.

- Cut excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel and home heating fuels to help ease the burden of rising energy costs.

- Eliminate the national debt - the mortgage on our children's future - within 25 years, and pay down the principal on the debt by $25 billion over the next five years.

- Implement an annual "Red Tape Budget" detailing the estimated total of each new proposed government regulation, including the enforcement costs to the government and the compliance costs to individual citizens and businesses.

- Actively expand global trading partnerships with other nations, while promoting human rights and the environment, and protecting our culture.

- Establish the Federal Agriculture Stabilization Transfer (FAST), a comprehensive national safety net program, to include a revenue/income stabilization component and a reliable disaster relief fund.

- Work with the international community to protect trans-boundary fisheries from unsustainable harvesting practices on our east and west coasts.

Governing with integrity

A strong democracy is essential to everything we want to do as a country.

What makes democratic government work or fail is the public's willingness to accept or support decisions made on their behalf. Just as we need wealth to prosper, we need trust to govern. That trust has been missing in Ottawa.

Intolerance of legitimate dissent has dramatically weakened the role of Members of Parliament. We cannot continue to inspire our most able citizens to stand for public office if they are shut out of involvement and influence after they are elected.

My government would restore integrity to the governing of Canada by increasing the democratic accountability of government to Parliament.

The government will:

- Strengthen the role of MPs by allowing more free votes in the House of Commons. MPs must be able to represent the views of those who elected them.

- Empower Parliament to scrutinize the spending practices of federal departments without a time limit.

- Introduce comprehensive "whistle-blower" legislation.

- Increase annual defence spending over the next five years to support adequate strength levels, improve the quality of life of Armed Forces personnel and support the procurement of new equipment.

A balanced and prudent plan

My government's plan for Canada is a balanced and prudent blueprint to restore purpose and direction to Canada, to point us towards a successful future in a changing world.

The numbers add up for Canada. In my government's five-year plan:

- We've placed the greatest emphasis - over $55 billion - on reducing taxes to leave more money in the hands of Canadians. It's their money, and we want to leave it up to them to save, spend or invest as they see fit.

- Our mandatory debt repayment plan will eliminate the debt mortgage on our children's future within 25 years. Over the coming five years, our plan will reduce the federal debt by $25 billion. As part of this plan, we will reallocate 1.3 per cent of the current annual program budget to reducing the debt.

- We have identified targeted new investments in programs totalling $7.4 billion.

Members of the House of Commons:

You will be asked to appropriate the funds required to carry out the services and expenditures authorized by Parliament.

Honourable Members of the Senate and the House of Commons:

May Divine Providence guide you in your deliberations."

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Kinsella for the Honourable Senator Cohen moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator DeWare, that further debate on the motion in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

 

OTHER BUSINESS

Senate Public Bills

Orders No. 1 to 6 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Second reading of Bill S-19, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act.

The Honourable Senator Kirby moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mahovlich, that the Bill be read the second time.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., for the Honourable Senator Callbeck moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mahovlich, 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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Ordered, That Inquiry No. 15 standing in the name of the Honourable Senator Carney, P.C., be brought forward.

 

INQUIRIES

The Honourable Senator Carney, P.C., called the attention of the Senate to the desirability of electing Senators from the Province of British Columbia to the Senate of Canada.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Milne moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Christensen, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

 

Senate Public Bills

Second reading of Bill S-21, An Act to guarantee the human right to privacy.

The Honourable Senator Finestone, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., that the Bill be read the second time.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Kinsella moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

 

Reports of Committees

Consideration of the First Report of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations (permanent order of reference), presented in the Senate on March 14, 2001.

The Honourable Senator Finestone, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Milne, that the Report be adopted.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Consideration of the First Report of the Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages (permanent order of reference), presented in the Senate on March 14, 2001.

The Honourable Senator Maheu moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tunney, that the Report be adopted.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

 

Other

Order No. 8 (inquiry) was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Nolin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Molgat:

That a Special Committee of the Senate be appointed for a period of three years to thoroughly examine Canada's anti-drug legislation and policies, to carry out a broad consultation of the Canadian public, and finally, to make recommendations for a national strategy on illegal drugs developed by and for Canadians;

That the Committee, in pursuing this mandate, give particular importance to issues relating to cannabis and prepare an interim report on cannabis;

That, without being limited in its mandate by the following, the committee be authorized to:

- review the federal government's policy on illegal drugs in Canada, its effectiveness, and the ways in which it is implemented and enforced;

- study public policy approaches adopted by other countries and determine if there are applications to Canada's needs;

- examine Canada's international role and obligations under United Nations conventions on narcotics and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other related treaties in order to determine whether these treaties authorise it to take action other than laying criminal charges and imposing sentences (at the international level);

- examine the social and health effects of illegal drugs and explore the potential consequences and impacts of alternative policies;

- examine any other issue respecting Canada's anti-drug policy that the Committee considers appropriate to the completion of its mandate.

That the Special Committee be composed of five Senators and that three members constitute a quorum;

That the Honourable Senators Kenny, Molgat, Nolin, Rossiter and (a fifth Senator to be named by the Chief Government Whip) be named to the Committee;

That the Committee have the power to send for persons, papers and records, to examine witnesses, to report from time to time and to print such papers, briefs and evidence from day to day as may be ordered by the Committee;

That the briefs received and testimony heard during consideration of Bill C-8, An Act respecting the control of certain drugs, their precursors and other substances and to amend certain other Acts and repeal the Narcotic Control Act in consequence thereof, by the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs during the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Parliament be referred to the Committee;

That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject and the work accomplished by the Special Committee on Illegal Drugs during the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament be referred to the Committee;

That the Committee have the power to authorize television, radio and electronic broadcasting, as it deems appropriate, of any or all of its proceedings;

That the Committee be granted leave to sit when the Senate has been adjourned pursuant to subsection 95(2) of the Rules of the Senate; and

That the Committee submit its final report not later than three years from the date of its being constituted,

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Kenny, seconded by the Honourable Senator Nolin, that the motion be amended by deleting all of the words following the word That, and replacing them with the following:

... a special committee of the Senate be struck to examine:

- The approach taken by Canada to cannabis, its preparations, derivatives and similar synthetic preparations, in context;

- The effectiveness of this approach, the means used to implement it and the monitoring of its application;

- The related official policies adopted by other countries;

- Canada's international role and obligations under United Nations agreements and conventions on narcotics, in connection with cannabis, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other related treaties; and

- The social and health impacts of cannabis and the possible consequences of different policies;

That the special committee consist of five senators, three of whom shall constitute a quorum;

That the Honourable Senators Banks, Kenny, Nolin, Rossiter and (a fifth Senator to be named by the Chief Government Whip) be named to the committee.

That the committee be authorized to send for persons, papers and records, to hear witnesses, to report from time to time, and to print from day to day such papers and evidence as may be ordered by it;

That the briefs and evidence heard during consideration of Bill C-8, An Act respecting the control of certain drugs, their precursors and other substances and to amend certain other Acts and repeal the Narcotic Control Act in consequence thereof, by the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs during the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Parliament be referred to the committee;

That the documents and evidence compiled on this matter and the work accomplished by the Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs during the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament be referred to the committee;

That the committee be empowered to authorize, if deemed appropriate, the broadcasting on radio and/or television and the coverage via electronic media of all or a part of its proceedings and the information it holds;

That the committee present its final report no later than August 31, 2002; and that the committee retain the powers necessary to publicize its findings for distribution of the study contained in its final report for 30 days after the tabling of that report;

That the committee be authorized, notwithstanding customary practice, to table its report to the Clerk of the Senate if the Senate is not sitting, and that a report so tabled be deemed to have been tabled in the Senate.

After debate,

The question being put on the motion in amendment, it was adopted.

The question then being put on the main motion as amended, it was adopted.

Orders No. 6, 7 (inquiries) and 3 (motion) were called and postponed until the next sitting.

 

MOTIONS

The Honourable Senator Maheu moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Corbin:

That the Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages have power to sit during sittings of the Senate; and

That a message be sent to the House of Commons to inform that House thereof.

After debate,

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

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With leave,

The Senate reverted to Government Notices of Motions.

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poulin:

That when the Senate adjourns today, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday next, March 20, 2001, at 2:00 p.m.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

 

REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 28(2):

Summaries of the Corporate Plan for the period 2000-01 to 2004-05 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for the year ending July 31, 2001, of the Canadian Dairy Commission, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).-Sessional Paper No. 1/37-127.

 

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mercier:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

(Accordingly, at 5:35 p.m. the Senate was continued until Tuesday next, March 20, 2001, at 2:00 p.m.)

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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)

Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations

The names of the Honourable Senators Poulin, Gill and Mahovlich substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Bacon, Bryden and Moore (March 12).

The names of the Honourable Senators Bacon, Bryden and Moore substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Poulin, Gill and Mahovlich (March 14).

Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (March 13).

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The name of the Honourable Senator Tunney substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Taylor (March 13).

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The name of the Honourable Senator Christensen substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette (March 13).

The names of the Honourable Senators Wiebe, Poulin, Kroft, Hervieux-Payette and Finestone substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Banks, Kenny, Maheu, Christensen and Hervieux-Payette (March 14).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The name of the Honourable Senator Cordy substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Moore (March 13).

The name of the Honourable Senator Rompkey substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Grafstein (March 14).

The names of the Honourable Senators Grafstein and Moore substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Rompkey and Cordy (March 15).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The name of the Honourable Senator Tunney substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kirby (March 13).

The name of the Honourable Senator Wiebe substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Banks (March 14).

The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Wiebe (March 15).

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

The name of the Honourable Senator Maheu substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Rompkey (March 13).

The name of the Honourable Senator Johnson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Spivak (March 14).

The name of the Honourable Senator Rompkey substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Maheu (March 15).

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

The name of the Honourable Senator Adams substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Watt (March 14).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The name of the Honourable Senator Morin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pépin (March 14).

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