Journals of the Senate
58 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2009, Canada
Journals of the Senate
2nd Session, 40th Parliament
Issue 67
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Angus, Baker, Banks, Brazeau, Brown, Callbeck, Carignan, Carstairs, Champagne, Charette-Poulin, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dawson, Day, Demers, Di Nino, Dickson, Downe, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Lang, Lapointe, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Mercer, Milne, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oliver, Patterson, Pépin, Peterson, Plett, Prud'homme, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith, St. Germain, Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, Watt, Zimmer
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Angus, Baker, Banks, Brazeau, Brown, Callbeck, Carignan, Carstairs, Champagne, Charette-Poulin, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dawson, Day, Demers, Di Nino, Dickson, Downe, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Keon, Kinsella, Lang, Lapointe, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Mercer, Milne, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oliver, Patterson, Pépin, Peterson, Plett, Prud'homme, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith, St. Germain, Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, 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
Some Honourable Senators made statements.
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills
A message was brought from the House of Commons with a Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk, 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.
Tabling of Reports from Inter-Parliamentary Delegations
The Honourable Senator Milne tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Third Part of the 2009 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, held in Strasbourg, France, from June 22 to 26, 2009.—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-833.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills
Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Orders No. 1 to 18 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Ordered, That Bill C-50, set down on the Order Paper earlier this day for Friday, November 6, 2009, be brought forward.
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills
Second reading of Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits.
The Honourable Senator Neufeld moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lang, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Neufeld moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Martin, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Orders No. 19 to 21 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Second reading of Bill S-239, An Act to amend the Conflict of Interest Act (gifts).
The Honourable Senator Day, for the Honourable Senator Cowan, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Banks, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Day moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Callbeck, 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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Order No. 23 (Bill S-228) was called and pursuant to rule 27(3) was dropped from the Order Paper.
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Order No. 24 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Consideration of the seventh report of the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament (authority to print updated versions of the Rules of the Senate), presented in the Senate on October 27, 2009.
The Honourable Senator Oliver moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stratton, that the report be adopted.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Consideration of the sixth report of the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament (committee substitutions), tabled in the Senate on October 8, 2009.
The Honourable Senator Oliver moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Champagne, P.C., that the report be adopted.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Orders No. 5 and 6 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Orders No. 27 (inquiry), 98, 58 and 73 (motions) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Segal, calling the attention of the Senate to the government of Iran's imminent nuclear war capacity and its preparations for war in the Middle East, and to the commitment of Canada and its allies, including the USA, Russia, Turkey, the Gulf States, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and others, to diplomatic and strategic initiatives that exclude first-use nuclear attack, the ability of Canada to engage with its allies in order to understand, measure and contain this threat, and the capacity of Canada to support allied efforts to prevent a thermonuclear exchange in the Middle East.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Tardif moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Munson, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Orders No. 13, 67 (motions), 2, 21 (inquiries), 42, 68, 10, 8, 9, 51 (motions), 10 (inquiry), 7, 25 (motions), 17, 23 and 13 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Order No. 25 (inquiry) was called and pursuant to rule 27(3) was dropped from the Order Paper.
With leave,
The Senate reverted to Tabling of Reports from Inter-Parliamentary Delegations.
The Honourable Senator Oliver tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union respecting its participation at the Seventeenth Session of the Steering Committee of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organization, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 3 and 4, 2008.—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-834.
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union respecting its participation at the Eighth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, held in Wroxton, United Kingdom, on July 26 and 27, 2008.—Sessional Paper No. 2/40-835.
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) respecting its participation at the Meeting of the IPU Asia-Pacific Working Group, held in Beijing, China on March 20, 2009.—Sessional Paper No. 2/ 40-836.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Di Nino:
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
(Accordingly, at 3:38 p.m. the Senate was continued until 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.)
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (November 3, 2009).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (November 4, 2009).
The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (November 4, 2009).
Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
The Honourable Senator Dallaire replaced the Honourable Senator Zimmer (November 4, 2009).
The Honourable Senator Zimmer replaced the Honourable Senator Dallaire (November 3, 2009).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (November 4, 2009).
Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
The Honourable Senator Dallaire replaced the Honourable Senator Day (November 4, 2009).
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (November 3, 2009).
Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (November 4, 2009).