Journals of the Senate
52 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2003, Canada
Journals of the Senate
2nd Session, 37th Parliament
Issue 82
Tuesday, October 7, 2003
2:00 p.m.
The Honourable Lucie Pépin, Speaker pro tempore
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Adams, Atkins, Austin, Bacon, Baker, Beaudoin, Bryden, Carstairs, Chalifoux, Chaput, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Doody, Downe, Fairbairn, Ferretti Barth, Forrestall, Fraser, Furey, Gauthier, Gill, Graham, Gustafson, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kelleher, Keon, Kinsella, Kirby, Kolber, LaPierre, Lapointe, Lavigne, Lawson, Losier-Cool, Lynch-Staunton, Maheu, Mahovlich, Massicotte, Moore, Murray, Nolin, Pearson, Pépin, Phalen, Plamondon, Poulin (Charette), Prud'homme, Ringuette, Rivest, Robertson, Robichaud, Sibbeston, Sparrow, Stollery, Stratton, Tkachuk, Trenholme Counsell, Watt, Wiebe
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Adams, *Andreychuk, Atkins, Austin, Bacon, Baker, *Banks, Beaudoin, *Biron, Bryden, *Buchanan, Carstairs, Chalifoux, Chaput, *Christensen, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Doody, Downe, Fairbairn, Ferretti Barth, *Finnerty, Forrestall, Fraser, Furey, Gauthier, Gill, Graham, Gustafson, Harb, *Hays, Hervieux-Payette, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kelleher, *Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Kirby, Kolber, LaPierre, Lapointe, Lavigne, Lawson, Losier-Cool, Lynch-Staunton, Maheu, Mahovlich, Massicotte, *Merchant, *Milne, Moore, Murray, Nolin, *Oliver, Pearson, Pépin, Phalen, Plamondon, Poulin (Charette), Prud'homme, Ringuette, Rivest, Robertson, Robichaud, *Rompkey, Sibbeston, *Smith, Sparrow, *Spivak, Stollery, Stratton, Tkachuk, Trenholme Counsell, Watt, Wiebe
The Deputy Clerk at the Table informed the Senate that the Honourable the Speaker was unavoidably absent, whereupon the Honourable Senator Pépin, Speaker pro tempore, took the Chair, pursuant to Rule 11.
PRAYERS
SENATORS' STATEMENTS
Some Honourable Senators made statements.
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Tabling of Documents
The Honourable the Speaker pro tempore tabled the following:
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Official Languages 2002-03, pursuant to the Official Languages Act, R.S.C. 1985 (4th Supp.), c. 31, s. 66.—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-732.
The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., tabled the following:
Copy of the Commission constituting the Honourable Morris Jacob Fish, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, Deputy of the Governor General, to do in Her Excellency's name all acts on her part necessary to be done during Her Excellency's pleasure, dated August 5, 2003.—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-733S.
The said Commission is as follows:—
CANADA
ADRIENNE CLARKSON
(L.S.)
By 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, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
TO THE HONOURABLE MORRIS JACOB FISH, a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
GREETING:
KNOW YOU that being well assured of your loyalty, fidelity and capacity, I, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, under and by virtue of and in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the Commission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, under the Great Seal of Canada, dated the twenty-eight day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, constituting and appointing me to be Governor General of Canada do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint you, Morris Jacob Fish, to be my Deputy within Canada and in that capacity to exercise, subject to any limitations or directions from time to time expressed or given by Her Majesty, all the powers, authorities and functions vested in and of right exercisable by me as Governor General, saving and excepting the power of dissolving the Parliament of Canada.
PROVIDED ALWAYS that the appointment of my Deputy shall not affect the exercise of any such power, authority or function by me, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, in person.
AND PROVIDED ALWAYS, that you, Morris Jacob Fish, shall, during your continuance as my Deputy obey all such orders and instructions as you shall from time to time receive from me.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Ottawa, this fifth day of August in the year of Our Lord two thousand and three and in the fifty-second year of Her Majesty's Reign.
BY COMMAND,
JEAN-CLAUDE VILLIARD
Deputy Registrar General of Canada
Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development for the year 2003, to the House of Commons, pursuant to the Act to Amend the Auditor General Act, S.C. 1995, c. 43, sbs. 23(3).—Sessional Paper No. 2/ 37-734.
Presentation of Reports from Standing or Special Committees
The Honourable Senator Chalifoux presented the following:
TUESDAY, October 7, 2003
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples has the honour to present its
FIFTH REPORT
Your Committee, to which was again referred Bill C-6, An Act to establish the Canadian Centre for the Independent Resolution of First Nations Specific Claims to provide for the filing, negotiation and resolution of specific claims and to make related amendments to other Acts, in obedience to its Order of Reference dated Thursday, September 25, 2003, has examined the said Bill and now reports the same without further amendment.
Your Committee also made certain observations, which are appended to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
THELMA J. CHALIFOUX
Chair
APPENDIX TO THE REPORT
Observations to the Fifth Report of the Standing
Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Your Committee heard from a number of witnesses representing Government, First Nations, and the legal community.
Your Committee has come to the conclusion that the issues raised in R. v. Powley require further analysis by both government and Métis organizations. However, the majority of your Committee sees no need to delay passage of Bill C-6 while this analysis is ongoing. Instead, your Committee urges the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians to bring forward a proposal to deal, in legislative terms, with the Powley decision as soon as possible.
It should be noted that a minority of your Committee believed that consideration of the bill should be suspended for a period of six months to allow the fullness of time to more appropriately measure the impact of the Powley decision on Bill C-6.
The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., that the Bill, as amended, 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.
The Honourable Senator Maheu, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, presented its Sixth Report (budget—study on the division of on-reserve matrimonial real property).
(The Report is printed as an Appendix)
The Honourable Senator Maheu moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bacon, 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.
Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills
A Message was brought from the House of Commons with a Bill C-41, An Act to amend certain Acts, to which they desire the concurrence of the Senate.
The Bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., that the Bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading two days hence.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Presentation of Petitions
The Honourable Senator Gauthier presented petitions:
Of Residents of the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec with respect to declaring Ottawa officially bilingual.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C.:
That, with respect to the House of Commons Message to the Senate dated September 29, 2003 regarding Bill C-10B:
(i) the Senate do not insist on its amendment numbered 2;
(ii) the Senate do not insist on its modified version of amendment numbered 3 to which the House of Commons disagreed;
(iii) the Senate do not insist on its modified version of amendment numbered 4, but it do concur in the amendment made by the House of Commons to amendment numbered 4; and
That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House accordingly.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Watt moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gill, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Second reading of Bill C-34, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Ethics Commissioner and Senate Ethics Officer) and other Acts in consequence.
The Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Graham, P.C., that the Bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Kinsella for the Honourable Senator Oliver moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton, 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 Day, seconded by the Honourable Senator Harb, for the third reading of Bill C-25, An Act to modernize employment and labour relations in the public service and to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Canadian Centre for Management Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts,
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Beaudoin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Comeau, that the Bill be not now read a third time but that it be amended in clause 12, on page 126, by replacing lines 8 to 12 with the following:
"30. (1) Appointments by the Commission to or from within the public service shall be free from political influence and shall be made on the basis of merit by competition or by such other process of personnel selection designed to establish the relative merit of candidates as the Commission considers is in the best interests of the public service.
(1.1) Despite subsection (1), an appointment may be made on the basis of individual merit in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations of the Commission.
(2) An appointment is made on the basis of individual''.
And on the subamendment of the Honourable Senator Kinsella, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton, that the motion in amendment be amended:
(a) by replacing the words "by replacing lines 8 to 12'' with the following:
"(a) by replacing lines 8 to 11''; and
(b) by replacing the words "(2) An appointment is made on the basis of individual'' with the following:
"(b) by replacing lines 26 to 29, with the following:
"may be identified by the deputy head,
(iii) any current or future needs of the organization that may be identified by the deputy head, and
(iv) achieving equality in the workplace to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment experienced by persons belonging to a designated group within the meaning of section 3 of the Employment Equity Act, so that the employer's workforce reflects their representation in the Canadian workforce.''.
The question was put on the subamendment.
With leave of the Senate, a standing vote was deferred until 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, with the bells to sound at 3:00 p.m. for thirty minutes.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Christensen, seconded by the Honourable Senator Léger, for the third reading of Bill C-42, An Act respecting the protection of the Antarctic Environment.
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, without amendment.
Motions
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C.:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs be authorized to examine and report on the implications of including, in legislation, non-derogation clauses relating to existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada under s.35 of the Constitution Act, 1982; and
That the Committee present its report no later than December 31, 2003.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Reports of Committees
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Day, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gill, for the second reading of Bill S-20, An Act to amend the Copyright Act.
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 Fairbairn, 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.
Orders No. 4 to 8 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill C-212, An Act respecting user fees.
The Honourable Senator Stollery moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cools, that the Bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Kinsella moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton, 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
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Consideration of the Fifth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs (budget—release of additional funds (study on the Canada-United States and Canada-Mexico trade relationships)) presented in the Senate on October 2, 2003.
The Honourable Senator Stollery moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Chalifoux, that the Report be adopted.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Chaput, seconded by the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell, for the adoption of the Fifth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights (budget—study to hear witnesses with specific human rights concerns) presented in the Senate on September 25, 2003.
A Point of Order was raised with respect to the Report of the Committee.
After debate,
The Acting Speaker reserved her decision.
Orders No. 4 to 13 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the consideration of the Eighth Report (Interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence (Sub-committee on Veterans Affairs) entitled: Fixing the Canadian Forces' Method of Dealing with Death or Dismemberment, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on April 10, 2003.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Kinsella for the Honourable Senator Meighen moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lynch-Staunton, that further debate on the consideration of the Report be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Order No. 15 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Orders No. 14, 25, 15 (inquiries), 147, 92 (motions), 23 (inquiry) and 146 (motion) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Moore calling the attention of the Senate to the matter of research funding in Canadian universities from federal sources.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Losier-Cool moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Downe, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 22 (inquiry) and 66 (motion) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion, as modified, of the Honourable Senator Callbeck, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bacon:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs be authorized to study the status of Legal Aid in Canada and the difficulties experienced by many low-income Canadians in acquiring adequate legal aid for both criminal and civil matters; and
That the Committee report no later than December 31, 2003.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, as modified, it was adopted.
Orders No. 86 (motion), 9 (inquiry), 130 (motion), 2, 16 (inquiries) and 115 (motion) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Oliver calling the attention of the Senate to the findings contained in the report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry entitled Canadian Farmers at Risk, tabled in the Senate on June 13, 2002, during the First Session of the Thirty-seventh Parliament.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Gustafson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Gauthier calling the attention of the Senate to the difficulties faced by the deaf and hearing impaired in availing themselves impartially and in full equality of the information and safety procedures available to Canadians at airports, on aircraft, in ships and on all forms of public transport.
Debate concluded.
REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 28(2):
Reports of Status of Women Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-691.
Reports of the Department of Transport for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-692.
Reports of the Department of Public Works and Government Services for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-693.
Reports of the Canada Industrial Relations Board for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-694.
Five-year Report of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency from 1998 to 2003, pursuant to the Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment, 1991, S.C. 1992, c. 1, s. 10.—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-695.
Report of Telefilm Canada, together with the Auditor General's report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Canadian Film Development Corporation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-16, sbs. 23(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/ 37-696.
Report of the National Capital Commission, together with the Auditor General's report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-697.
Report of the Public Service Commission of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-33, sbs. 47(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-698.
Report of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, together with the Auditors' report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act, S.C. 1991, c. 8, sbs. 26(3).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-699.
Report of the National Gallery of Canada and its affiliate the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, together with the Auditor General's report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-700.
Report of the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation, together with the Auditor General's report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-701.
Reports of the National Film Board for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-702.
Reports of the Canadian Museum of Nature for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-703.
Reports of the National Gallery of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-704.
Reports of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-705.
Reports of the National Battlefields Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-706.
Reports of the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-707.
Reports of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/ 37-708.
Reports of the Public Service Commission of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37- 709.
Reports of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-710.
Reports of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-711.
Reports of the National Archives of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-712.
Reports of Telefilm Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-713.
Report of the National Arts Centre for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-714.
Reports of the National Capital Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-715.
Reports of the Canada Council for the Arts for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-716.
Reports of the National Library of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-717.
Report on the Witness Protection Program by the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Witness Protection Program Act, S.C. 1996, c. 15, s. 16.—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-718.
Reports of the Ministry of the Solicitor General for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-719.
Summary of the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement entered into force on November 1, 2002, pursuant to the Export and Import Permits Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-19, sbs. 5(2). —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-720.
Report of the International Development Research Centre, together with the Auditor General's report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the International Development Research Centre Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-19, sbs. 22(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-721.
Report on Canada's activities as a Member Nation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-26, s. 4. —Sessional Paper No. 2/37-722.
Report of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 54 (4th Supp.), sbs. 31(3).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-723.
Report on the implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, and the enforcement of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, pursuant to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act, S.C. 1998, c. 34, s. 12.—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-724.
Reports of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-725.
Reports of the International Development Research Centre for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/ 37-726.
Reports of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-727.
Reports of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-728.
Report of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, together with the Auditor General's report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-729.
Report of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, together with the Auditor General's report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act, S.C. 2001, c. 9, s. 34.—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-730.
Report of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Alternative Fuels Act, S.C. 1995, c. 20, s. 8.—Sessional Paper No. 2/37-731.
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 6:0l 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)
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The names of the Honourable Senators Sibbeston, Pearson and Christensen substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Massicotte, Wiebe and Harb (October 3).
The name of the Honourable Senator Austin added to the membership (October 3).
The name of the Honourable Senator Hubley substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Christensen (October 6).
The name of the Honourable Senator Phalen substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Austin (October 7).
Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
The names of the Honourable Senators Hervieux-Payette and Fitzpatrick substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Mahovlich and Chaput (October 3).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The names of the Honourable Senators Cook and Chaput substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Ringuette and Poulin (October 3).
The name of the Honourable Senator Angus substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Bolduc (October 6).
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The names of the Honourable Senators Jaffer and Smith substituted for those of the Honourable Senators Kenny and Downe (October 3).
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
The name of the Honourable Senator Cook substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell (October 3).
Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications
The name of the Honourable Senator Forrestall substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Eyton (October 6).
The name of the Honourable Senator Eyton substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Forrestall (October 7).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The name of the Honourable Senator Mahovlich removed from the membership (October 7).