50 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2001, Canada

Journals of the Senate

1st Session, 37th Parliament

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Issue 28

Wednesday, April 25, 2001
1:30 p.m.

The Honourable Rose-Marie Losier-Cool, Speaker pro tempore

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The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, Austin, Bacon, Beaudoin, Bolduc, Callbeck, Carney, Carstairs, Chalifoux, Christensen, Cochrane, Cohen, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, De Bané, DeWare, Doody, Fairbairn, Ferretti Barth, Finestone, Finnerty, Fitzpatrick, Forrestall, Fraser, Furey, Gauthier, Gill, Grafstein, Graham, Gustafson, Hubley, Joyal, Kelleher, Keon, Kinsella, Kirby, Kolber, Kroft, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lynch-Staunton, Maheu, Mahovlich, Mercier, Milne, Moore, Morin, Murray, Nolin, Oliver, Pearson, Poulin (Charette), Poy, Prud'homme, Rivest, Robertson, Robichaud, Roche, Rompkey, Rossiter, Sibbeston, Simard, Sparrow, St. Germain, Stollery, Stratton, Tkachuk, Tunney, Watt, Wiebe, Wilson

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

*Adams, Andreychuk, Angus, Austin, Bacon, *Banks, Beaudoin, Bolduc, Callbeck, Carney, Carstairs, Chalifoux, Christensen, Cochrane, Cohen, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, De Bané, DeWare, *Di Nino, Doody, Fairbairn, Ferretti Barth, Finestone, Finnerty, Fitzpatrick, Forrestall, Fraser, Furey, Gauthier, Gill, Grafstein, Graham, Gustafson, Hubley, Joyal, Kelleher, *Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Kirby, Kolber, Kroft, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lynch-Staunton, Maheu, Mahovlich, Mercier, Milne, Moore, Morin, Murray, Nolin, Oliver, Pearson, Poulin (Charette), Poy, Prud'homme, Rivest, Robertson, Robichaud, Roche, Rompkey, Rossiter, *Setlakwe, Sibbeston, Simard, Sparrow, *Spivak, St. Germain, Stollery, Stratton, *Taylor, Tkachuk, Tunney, Watt, Wiebe, Wilson

The Clerk at the Table informed the Senate that the Honourable the Speaker was unavoidably absent, whereupon the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool, Speaker pro tempore, took the Chair, pursuant to Rule 11.

PRAYERS

 

SENATORS' STATEMENTS

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

 

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Presentation of Reports from Standing or Special Committees

The Honourable Senator Stollery, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, presented its Second Report (budget-special study on Russia and Ukraine).

(The Report is printed as Appendix "A")

The Honourable Senator Stollery moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poulin, that the Report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.

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

The Honourable Senator Stollery, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, presented its Third Report (budget-special study on European Union).

(The Report is printed as Appendix "B")

The Honourable Senator Stollery moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Corbin, that the Report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.

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

The Honourable Senator Stollery, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, presented its Fourth Report (budget-special study on foreign relations).

(The Report is printed as Appendix "C")

The Honourable Senator Stollery moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Grafstein, that the Report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.

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

 

Government Notices of Motions

With leave of the Senate,

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

That when the Senate adjourns today, it do stand adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, April 26, 2001, at 1:30 p.m.

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

 

ANSWERS TO WRITTEN QUESTIONS

Pursuant to Rule 25(2), the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., tabled the following:

Reply to Question No. 12, dated February 20, 2001, appearing on the Order Paper in the name of the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton, respecting the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation.-Sessional Paper No. 1/37-182S.

 

ORDERS OF THE DAY

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Bills

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., for the second reading of Bill C-8, An Act to establish the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and to amend certain Acts in relation to financial institutions.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robertson, that further debate on the motion 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 De Bané, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Poulin, for the third reading of Bill S-4, A First Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of the Province of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law,

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Grafstein, seconded by the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., that the Bill be not now read a third time but that it be amended,

(a) on page 1, by deleting the preamble; and

(b) in the English version of the enacting clause, on page 2, by replacing line 1 with the following:

"Her Majesty, by and",

And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Moore, that the Bill be not now read a third time but that it be amended in the preamble, on page 1, by replacing lines 5 to 7 with the following:

"Province of Quebec finds its principal expression in the Civil Code of Québec;".

After debate,

With leave of the Senate,

In amendment, the Honourable Senator Moore moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., that the Bill be not now read a third time but that it be amended in the preamble, on page 1, by replacing lines 15 and 16 with the following:

"two major legal traditions gives Canadians enhanced opportunities worldwide and facilitates ex-".

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Murray, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gustafson, that further debate on the motions in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

Ordered, That Order No. 4, set down on the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, be brought forward.

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., for the second reading of Bill C-8, An Act to establish the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and to amend certain Acts in relation to financial institutions.

After debate,

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

The Bill was then read the second time.

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

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Ordered, That all remaining Orders be postponed until the next sitting.

 

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

Report of the Canada Industrial Relations Board for the period January 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000, pursuant to An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (Part I) and the Corporations and Labour Unions Returns Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, S.C. 1998, c. 26, sbs. 22(1).-Sessional Paper No. 1/37-180.

Copy of the Directions to the Canadian Dairy Commission (Export Dairy Products), pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 89(4).-Sessional Paper No. 1/37-181.

 

ADJOURNMENT

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 4:10 p.m. the Senate was continued until 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.)

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

Special Committee of the Senate on Illegal Drugs

The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator De Bané (April 24).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The name of the Honourable Senator Morin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pépin (April 24).

The name of the Honourable Senator Forrestall substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cohen (April 25).

The name of the Honourable Senator Murray added to the membership (April 25).

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The name of the Honourable Senator Fairbairn substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Callbeck (April 25).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs

The name of the Honourable Senator Gill substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Setlakwe (April 25).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The name of the Honourable Senator Banks substituted for that of the Honourable Senator De Bané (April 25).

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