Journals of the Senate
56 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2007, Canada
Journals of the Senate
1st Session, 39th Parliament
Issue 112
Thursday, June 21, 2007
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Adams, Andreychuk, Angus, Baker, Banks, Biron, Bryden, Callbeck, Campbell, Carstairs, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, Cowan, Dallaire, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Downe, Dyck, Eggleton, Eyton, Fairbairn, Fitzpatrick, Fortier, Furey, Goldstein, Gustafson, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Lavigne, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lovelace Nicholas, McCoy, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Milne, Mitchell, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Nolin, Oliver, Peterson, Phalen, Pitfield, Poulin (Charette), Poy, Ringuette, Robichaud, Rompkey, St. Germain, Segal, Smith, Spivak, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Trenholme Counsell, Watt, Zimmer
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Adams, Andreychuk, Angus, Baker, Banks, Biron, Bryden, Callbeck, Campbell, Carstairs, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, Cowan, Dallaire, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Downe, Dyck, Eggleton, Eyton, Fairbairn, Fitzpatrick, Fortier, Furey, Goldstein, Gustafson, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Lavigne, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lovelace Nicholas, *Mahovlich, McCoy, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Milne, Mitchell, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Nolin, Oliver, Peterson, Phalen, Pitfield, Poulin (Charette), Poy, Ringuette, Robichaud, Rompkey, St. Germain, Segal, Smith, Spivak, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Trenholme Counsell, Watt, Zimmer
PRAYERS
The Senate observed a minute of silence in memory of Sergeant Christos Karigiannis, Corporal Stephen Bouzane and Private Joel Wiebe, whose tragic deaths occurred yesterday while serving their country in Afghanistan.
SENATORS' STATEMENTS
Some Honourable Senators made statements.
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Presentation of Reports from Standing or Special Committees
The Honourable Senator Day, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance, tabled its seventeenth report (interim) entitled: The Vertical and Municipal Fiscal Balances. —Sessional Paper No. 1/39-939S.
The Honourable Senator Day moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Furey, 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 Day, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance, presented its eighteenth report (Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007, without amendment).
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Di Nino, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading later this day.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Di Nino, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, presented its fourteenth report (Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act, without amendment).
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Di Nino, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading later this day.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, presented its nineteenth report (Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Quarantine Act, without amendment).
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Johnson, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading later this day.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, presented its twentieth report (Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adoption), without amendment).
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading later this day.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk, Deputy Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications, presented its thirteenth report (Bill C-59, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (unauthorized recording of a movie), without amendment).
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading later this day.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Angus, Deputy Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, presented its twentieth report (Bill C-47, An Act respecting the protection of marks related to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and protection against certain misleading business associations and making a related amendment to the Trade-marks Act, without amendment).
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Angus, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading later this day.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Tabling of Reports from Inter-Parliamentary Delegations
The Honourable Senator Nolin tabled the following:
Report of the Delegation of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum of the NATO Parliamentary Association, held in Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., United States, on December 11 and 12, 2006.—Sessional Paper No. 1/39-940.
Report of the Delegation of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Joint Meeting of the Defence and Security Committee, the Economic and Security Committee and the Political Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Association and at the Annual Economics and Security Committee Consultation with the OECD of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association, held in Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France, from February 18 to 22, 2007.—Sessional Paper No. 1/39-941.
Report of the Delegation of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Association, held in Quebec City, Quebec, from November 13 to 17, 2006.—Sessional Paper No. 1/39-942.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Motions
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tardif:
That, notwithstanding any Rules or usual practices, at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 22, 2007, the Speaker shall, upon the request of the Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, interrupt any proceedings then before the Senate and proceed to put forthwith and successively, without further debate, amendment, or adjournment, any and all questions necessary to dispose of any bills seriatim that then stand on the Orders of the Day for third reading, whether or not motions for third reading of those bills have been moved;
That, in the case of any bill that has not been moved for third reading, the sponsor may move third reading when the bill is called and the question shall then be put without debate but, if the sponsor does not move third reading, the bill shall not fall under the terms of this order;
That no motion to adjourn debate, to adjourn the Senate, or to take up any other item of business shall be received, nor shall any points of order or questions of privilege be taken up until all bills falling under this order have been disposed of;
That all Rules relating to the deferral of votes shall be suspended until all bills falling under this order have been disposed of;
That, if a standing vote is requested, the bells to call in the Senators shall ring only once and for 15 minutes, without the further ringing of the bells in relation to any subsequent standing votes requested under this order; and
That all Rules relating to the time of automatic adjournment of the Senate be suspended for the entire sitting and, when all bills falling under this order have been disposed of, the Senate shall resume business from the point it was interrupted and continue through remaining items on the Order Paper and Notice Paper until completed, at which time, if necessary, the Speaker shall suspend the sitting at pleasure, with the bells to ring for 15 minutes prior to resuming the sitting, for the purpose of receiving a message respecting Royal Assent to bills.
With leave of the Senate and pursuant to rule 30, the motion was modified to read as follows:
That, notwithstanding any Rules or usual practices, at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 22, 2007, the Speaker shall, upon the request of the Leader of the Government in the Senate and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, interrupt any proceedings then before the Senate and proceed to put forthwith and successively, without further debate, amendment, or adjournment, any and all questions necessary to dispose of any bills seriatim that then stand on the Orders of the Day for third reading, whether or not motions for third reading of those bills have been moved;
That, in the case of any bill that has not been moved for third reading, the sponsor may move third reading when the bill is called and the question shall then be put without debate but, if the sponsor does not move third reading, the bill shall not fall under the terms of this order;
That no motion to adjourn debate, to adjourn the Senate, or to take up any other item of business shall be received, nor shall any points of order or questions of privilege be taken up until all bills falling under this order have been disposed of;
That all Rules relating to the deferral of votes shall be suspended until all bills falling under this order have been disposed of;
That, if a standing vote is requested, the bells to call in the Senators shall ring only once and for 15 minutes, without the further ringing of the bells in relation to any subsequent standing votes requested under this order; and
That all Rules relating to the time of automatic adjournment of the Senate be suspended for the entire sitting and, when all bills falling under this order have been disposed of, the Senate shall resume business from the point it was interrupted and continue through remaining items on the Order Paper and Notice Paper until completed, at which time, if necessary, the Speaker shall suspend the sitting at pleasure, with the bells to ring for 15 minutes prior to resuming the sitting, for the purpose of receiving a message respecting Royal Assent to bills.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, as modified, it was adopted.
Bills
Third reading of Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adoption).
The Honourable Senator Di Nino moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Johnson, that the bill be read the third time.
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 has passed this bill, without amendment.
Third reading of Bill C-47, An Act respecting the protection of marks related to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and protection against certain misleading business associations and making a related amendment to the Trade-marks Act.
The Honourable Senator LeBreton, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, that the bill be read the third time.
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 has passed this bill, without amendment.
Third reading of Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act.
The Honourable Senator Johnson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton, that the bill be read the third time.
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 has passed this bill, without amendment.
Third reading of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Quarantine Act.
The Honourable Senator Keon moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Segal, that the bill be read the third time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Tardif moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cowan, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Third reading of Bill C-59, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (unauthorized recording of a movie).
The Honourable Senator Johnson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton, that the bill be read the third time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Tardif moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cowan, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Third reading of Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007.
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Angus, that the bill be read the third time.
After debate,
In amendment, the Honourable Senator McCoy moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Banks, that Bill C-52 be not now read a third time, but that it be amended in clause 13 by replacing line 18 on page 20 with the following:
"(a) 2017, and'';
And that Bill C-52 be not now read a third time, but that it be amended in clause 24 by replacing line 10 on page 33 with the following:
"(a) 2017, and''.
After debate,
With leave of the Senate,
In amendment, the Honourable Senator Baker, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C. and the Honourable Senator Mercer, that Bill C-52 be not now read a third time but that it be amended in clause 62, on page 66, by adding after line 26 the following:
"(4) Despite any other provision of this Act, in determining under subsection (2) the reduction of the fiscal equalization payment that may be paid to Nova Scotia or the reduction of the fiscal equalization payment that may be paid to Newfoundland and Labrador for a fiscal year, there shall not be included in the computation
(a) any offshore revenue, within the meaning of section 4 — in respect of Nova Scotia — or section 18 — in respect of Newfoundland and Labrador — of the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act, derived by the province in any fiscal year;
(b) any amount that may be paid to the province for that fiscal year under the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act; or
(c) any amount that may be paid to the province for that fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act.'';
After debate,
With leave of the Senate,
In amendment, the Honourable Senator Moore moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Phalen, that Bill C-52 be not now read a third time but that it be amended:
(a) by deleting clause 64, on page 84;
(b) by deleting clause 65, on page 84;
(c) in clause 68, on page 85,
(i) by replacing line 9 with the following:
"68. Paragraph 24.4(1)(a) of the Act is'', and
(ii) by replacing lines 22 to 27 with the following:
"ending on March 31, 2014; and'';
(d) by deleting clause 69, on pages 85 and 86;
(e) by deleting clause 70, on page 86; and
(f) in clause 71,
(i) on page 86, by replacing lines 27 to 34 with the following:
"71. (1) The portion of subparagraph'',
(ii) on page 87,
(A) by replacing line 9 with the following:
"(2) Paragraph 24.7(1.1)(a) of the Act is'',
(B) by replacing line 11 with the following:
"(a) for each fiscal year beginning after March 31, 2007, the equalization payment shall be the equalization payment that would be payable to the province for the fiscal year under Part I;
(a.1) for each fiscal year in the period begin-'',
(C) by replacing line 18 with the following:
"(3) Subparagraph 24.7(1.1)(b)(i) of the Act'',
(D) by replacing line 29 with the following:
"(4) Subparagraph 24.7(1.1)(b)(ii) of the'', and
(E) by deleting lines 37 to 41; and
(iii) on page 88, by deleting lines 1 to 40.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Oliver, 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, except for Bill C-51, all remaining orders on the Order Paper, under GOVERNMENT BUSINESS, be postponed until the next sitting.
Ordered, That Order No. 1 under OTHER BUSINESS, Commons Public Bills, be brought forward.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Mitchell, seconded by the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell, for the third reading of Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol;
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, seconded by the Honourable Senator Angus, that Bill C-288 be not now read a third time but that it be amended:
(a) in clause 3, on page 3, by replacing line 19 with the following:
"Canada makes all reasonable efforts to take effective and timely action to meet'';
(b) in clause 5,
(i) on page 4,
(A) by replacing line 2 with the following:
"to ensure that Canada makes all reasonable efforts to meet its obligations'',
(B) by replacing line 6 with the following:
"ance standards for vehicle emissions that meet or exceed international best practices for any prescribed class of motor vehicle for any year,'', and
(C) by adding after line 13 the following:
"(iii.2) the recognition of early action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and'',
(ii) on page 5,
(A) by replacing line 9 with the following:
"(a) within 10 days after the expiry of each'',
(B) by replacing line 23 with the following:
"first 15 days on which that House is sitting'', and
(C) by replacing lines 26 and 27 with the following:
"each House of Parliament is deemed to be referred to the standing committee of the Senate and the House of Commons that'';
(c) in clause 6, on page 6, by adding after line 29 the following:
"(3) For the purposes of this Act, the Governor-in-Council may make regulations restricting emissions by "large industrial emitters'', persons that the Governor-in-Council considers are particularly responsible for a large portion of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, namely,
(a) persons that are part of the electricity generation sector, including persons that use fossil fuels to produce electricity;
(b) persons that are part of the upstream oil and gas sector, including persons that produce and transport fossil fuels but excluding petroleum refiners and distributors of natural gas to end users; and
(c) persons that are part of energy-intensive industries, including persons that use energy derived from fossil fuels, petroleum refiners and distributors of natural gas to end users.'';
(d) in clause 7,
(i) on page 6,
(A) by replacing line 32 with the following:
"that Canada makes all reasonable attempts to meet its obligations under'', and
(B) by replacing line 38 with the following:
"ensure that Canada makes all reasonable attempts to meet its obligations'', and
(ii) on page 7, by replacing line 4 with the following:
"(3) In ensuring that Canada makes all reasonable attempts to meet its'';
(e) in clause 9,
(i) on page 7, by replacing line 33 with the following:
"ensure that Canada makes all reasonable attempts to meet its obligations'', and
(ii) on page 8,
(A) by replacing line 3 with the following:
"Minister considers appropriate within 30 days'', and
(B) by replacing line 7 with the following:
"(1) or on any of the first fifteen days on which'';
(f) in clause 10,
(i) on page 8,
(A) by replacing line 9 with the following:
"10. (1) Within 180 days after the Minister'',
(B) by replacing line 11 with the following:
"tion 5(3), or within 90 days after the Minister'', and
(C) by replacing line 38 with the following:
"(a) within 15 days after receiving the'', and
(ii) on page 9,
(A) by replacing line 6 with the following:
"Houses on any of the first 15 days on'', and
(B) by replacing line 9 with the following
"(b) within 30 days after receiving the advice,'';
(g) in clause 10.1, on page 9,
(i) by replacing line 17 with the following:
"and Sustainable Development may prepare a'',
(ii) by replacing line 32 with the following:
"report to the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons'', and
(iii) by replacing lines 34 and 35 with the following:
"Speakers shall table the report in their respective Houses on any of the first 15 days on which that House''.
The question being put on the motion in amendment, it was negatived, on division.
The Senate then resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Mitchell, seconded by the Honourable Senator Trenholme Counsell, for the third reading of Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.
After debate,
In amendment, the Honourable Senator Murray, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Spivak, that Bill C-288 be not now read a third time but that it be amended, on page 10, by adding after line 33 the following:
"COMING INTO FORCE
12. This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.''.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., that further debate on the motion in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Segal, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon, for the second reading of Bill C-51, An Act to give effect to the Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement and to make a consequential amendment to another Act.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Segal moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Nolin:
That television cameras be authorized in the Senate Chamber to televise the Royal Assent ceremony on Friday, June 22, 2007, with the least possible disruption of the proceedings; and
That photographers be authorized in the Senate Chamber to photograph the ceremony, with the least possible disruption of the proceedings.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Orders No. 1 to 9 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Mitchell, seconded by the Honourable Senator Peterson, for the second reading of Bill S-224, An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Canadian Wheat Board Act.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Gustafson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Meighen, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Order No. 11 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills
Orders No. 2 and 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees
Consideration of the ninth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples (budget—study on drinking water in First Nations' communities), presented in the Senate on June 19, 2007.
The Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cochrane, that the report be adopted.
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 Moore, for the adoption of the eighth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources (Bill S-210, An Act to amend the National Capital Act (establishment and protection of Gatineau Park), with amendments and observations), presented in the Senate on June 7, 2007.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Oliver, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 3 to 14 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Consideration of the ninth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages (budget—study on the francophone culture in Canada—power to hire staff and to travel), presented in the Senate on June 20, 2007.
The Honourable Senator Chaput moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Peterson, that the report be adopted.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Consideration of the eighteenth report of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration (amendments to the Senate Administrative Rules), presented in the Senate on June 20, 2007.
The Honourable Senator Furey moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moore, that the report be adopted.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Consideration of the twelfth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications (budget—release of additional funds (study on containerized freight traffic handled by Canada's ports)), presented in the Senate on June 20, 2007.
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton, that the report be adopted.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Other
Orders No. 35, 8, 6, 31, 32 (inquiries), 140 (motion), 21, 19, 3 (inquiries), 150 and 179 (motions) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Moore, seconded by the Honourable Senator Phalen:
That an humble Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General praying that she will fill the vacancies in the Senate by summons to fit and qualified persons.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted, on division.
Orders No. 27, 23, 9, 22, 33, 34, 12, 14 (inquiries), 166 (motion), 25 (inquiry) and 167 (motion) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Order No. 92 (motion) was called and pursuant to rule 27(3) was dropped from the Order Paper.
Orders No. 28 and 26 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
MOTIONS
The Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser:
That, notwithstanding the Order of the Senate adopted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, that the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, authorized to examine and report on issues relating to the federal government's new and evolving policy framework for managing Canada's fisheries and oceans, be empowered to extend the date of presenting its final report from June 29, 2007, to June 27, 2008; and
That the committee retain until August 15, 2008, all powers necessary to publicize its findings.
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 2007-2008 to 2011-2012 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2007- 2008 of the National Capital Commission, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/39-937.
Five-Year Review and Report to Parliament of the Board of Governors of the Canada School of Public service for December 1, 2001 to November 30, 2006, pursuant to the Canada School of Public Service Act, S.C. 1991, c. 16, sbs. 19(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/39-938.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Oliver:
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
(Accordingly, at 9:19 p.m. the Senate was continued until 9 a.m. tomorrow.)
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The name of the Honourable Senator Cowan added to the membership (June 18).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The name of the Honourable Senator Gustafson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Segal (June 20).