Journals of the Senate
58 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2009, Canada
Journals of the Senate
2nd Session, 40th Parliament
Issue 41
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Adams, Andreychuk, Angus, Atkins, Bacon, Baker, Banks, Brown, Bryden, Callbeck, Carstairs, Champagne, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, Cowan, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Dickson, Downe, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Eyton, Fairbairn, Fox, Fraser, Furey, Gerstein, Grafstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Joyal, Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Manning, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Oliver, Pépin, Poy, Prud'homme, Ringuette, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Segal, Smith, St. Germain, Stollery, Stratton, Tardif, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, Zimmer
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Adams, Andreychuk, Angus, Atkins, Bacon, Baker, Banks, Brown, Bryden, Callbeck, Carstairs, Champagne, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cook, Cools, Corbin, Cordy, Cowan, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Dickson, Downe, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Eyton, Fairbairn, *Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Furey, Gerstein, Grafstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Joyal, Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Manning, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Oliver, Pépin, *Peterson, Poy, Prud'homme, Ringuette, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Segal, Smith, St. Germain, Stollery, Stratton, Tardif, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, Zimmer
The first list records senators present in the Senate Chamber during the course of the sitting.
An asterisk in the second list indicates a senator who, while not present during the sitting, was in attendance to business, as defined in subsections 8(2) and (3) of the Senators Attendance Policy.
PRAYERS
SENATORS' STATEMENTS
Tributes
Tribute was paid to the Honourable Senator Atkins, who will retire from the Senate on June 27, 2009.
Senators' Statements
Some Honourable Senators made statements.
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Tabling of Documents
The Honourable Senator Comeau tabled the following:
Document entitled Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan — March 2009.—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-426.
Report entitled Canada's State of Trade: Trade and Investment Update — 2009, together with a special feature on Canada's Performance in the Emerging Markets.—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-427.
Report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, S.C. 1989, c. 3, sbs. 13(3).—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-428.
Presentation of Reports from Standing or Special Committees
The Honourable Senator Keon, Deputy Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, tabled its eighth report entitled: A Healthy, Productive Canada: A Determinant of Health Approach.—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-429S.
The Honourable Senator Keon moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk, 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.
Tabling of Reports from Inter-Parliamentary Delegations
The Honourable Senator Andreychuk tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association respecting its bilateral visits to Algiers, Algeria and Tunis, Tunisia, from February 15 to 20, 2009. —Sessional Paper No. 2/40-430.
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The Honourable Senator Grafstein tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the 44th Annual Meeting, held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, from May 15 to 19, 2003.—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-431.
Notices of Motions
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk:
That the following inquiry be placed on the Notice Paper for later this day:
"By the Honourable Senator Comeau: That he will call the attention of the Senate to the career of the Honourable Norman Atkins in the Senate and his many contributions in service to Canadians.''; and
That, notwithstanding rule 37(4), during proceedings on this inquiry, both today and at future sittings, no senator speak for more than three minutes.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Presentation of Petitions
The Honourable Senator Harb presented a petition:
Of Residents of the Province of Quebec concerning Canada's commercial seal hunt.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Housakos, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton, for the second reading of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Marine Liability Act and the Federal Courts Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Di Nino, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Orders No. 4 to 7 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Order No. 26 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
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The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Oliver:
That, when the Senate resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on Thursday, June 11, 2009, pursuant to the order adopted on March 24, 2009, to hear from First Nations witnesses for the purpose of reporting on progress made on commitments endorsed by parliamentarians of both Chambers during the year following the Government's apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools, it also hear from the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada, in addition to the witnesses already approved.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Ordered, That the inquiry standing in the name of the Honourable Senator Comeau set down on the Notice Paper earlier this day for later this day, be brought forward.
INQUIRIES
The Honourable Senator Duffy, for the Honourable Senator Comeau, called the attention of the Senate to the career of the Honourable Norman Atkins in the Senate and his many contributions in service to Canadians.
Debate.
Ordered, That all remaining items on the Order Paper and Notice Paper be postponed until the next sitting.
At 4 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on February 10, 2009, the Senate adjourned until 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.
REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 28(2):
Reports of the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, 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. 2/40-422.
Report of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal entitled "Recommendation Regarding Caskets Vic Royal, a Division of Victoriaville Funeral Supplies Inc. (100 Percent Polyester Warp Pile Fabric, Cut)'' dated May 12, 2009, pursuant to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 47 (4th Supp.), sbs. 21(2).—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-423.
Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 and the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2009-2010 of the Canada Lands Company Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-424.
Climate Change Plan for 2009, pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, S.C. 2007, c. 30, sbs. 5(4).—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-425.