Journals of the Senate
59 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2010, Canada
Journals of the Senate
3rd Session, 40th Parliament
Issue 10
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
2:00 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Baker, Boisvenu, Brazeau, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Day, Demers, Di Nino, Dickson, Downe, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kinsella, Kochhar, Lapointe, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Marshall, Martin, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Nolin, Ogilvie, Patterson, Pépin, Plett, Poirier, Poy, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, St. Germain, Stewart Olsen, Stollery, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, Zimmer
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, *Angus, Baker, *Banks, Boisvenu, Brazeau, *Brown, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, *Carstairs, Champagne, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, *Dawson, Day, *De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Dickson, Downe, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, *Keon, Kinsella, Kochhar, *Lang, Lapointe, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Marshall, Martin, *Massicotte, *McCoy, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, *Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, *Neufeld, Nolin, Ogilvie, Patterson, Pépin, *Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Poy, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, St. Germain, Stewart Olsen, Stollery, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, 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
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, presented its second report (Supplementary estimates (C), 2009-2010).
(The report is printed as an appendix at pages 136-157 (available in print format PDF).)
The Honourable Senator Day moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool, 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-6, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2010, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill was read the first time.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Meighen, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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A message was brought from the House of Commons with a Bill C-7, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2011, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill was read the first time.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wallace, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Public Bills
The Honourable Senator Ringuette presented a Bill S-214, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and other Acts (unfunded pension plan liabilities).
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Ringuette moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lapointe, 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.
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The Honourable Senator Frum presented a Bill S-215, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings).
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Frum moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Eggleton, 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.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Orders No. 1 to 10 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Orders No. 3, 1, 5 and 4 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
MOTIONS
The Honourable Senator Meighen moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Eaton:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce undertake a study of:
the extent to which Canadians are saving in Tax-Free Savings Accounts and registered retirement savings plans;
federal measures that might be taken to increase the use of these savings vehicles as well as the fiscal cost of increased use; and
ways in which savings in these vehicles might be protected.
That the Committee submit its final report no later than June 30 2010, and that the Committee retain until September 30, 2010 all powers necessary to publicize its findings.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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The Honourable Senator Chaput moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mahovlich:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages be authorized to study and to report on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act;
That the Committee be authorized to study the state of the implementation of Part VII of the Official Languages Act, particularly the action taken by federal institutions following the amendments to the Act in November 2005;
That the Committee be authorized to study the extent to which the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and in particular the opening ceremony, reflected Canada's linguistic duality and to examine the report of the Commissioner of Official Languages on this matter;
That the Committee be authorized to study the realities of English-speaking communities in Quebec, particularly the various aspects affecting their development and vitality (e.g., community development, education, youth, arts and culture, health);
That the Committee be authorized to study the reports and documents of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, the President of the Treasury Board, and the Commissioner of Official Languages, and any other subject concerning official languages;
That the documents received, evidence heard and business accomplished on this subject by the Committee since the beginning of the First Session of the thirty-ninth Parliament be referred to the Committee;
That the Committee report from time to time to the Senate but no later than December 31, 2010, and that the Committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until June 30, 2011.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 28(2):
Report on the Annual Summary of Steel Import Permit Data for the year 2009, pursuant to the Export and Import Permits Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-19, sbs. 5.1(3).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-62.
Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2010-2011 of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, pursuant to the Physical Activity and Sport Act, S.C. 2003, c. 2, sbs. 32(4).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-63.
Report of the Northern Pipeline Agency, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to the Northern Pipeline Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. N-26, ss. 13 and 14.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40- 64.
Report of the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors for the year ended May 9, 2008, pursuant to the Canada Land Surveyors Act, S.C. 1998, c. 14, sbs. 70(2).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-65.
Report of the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors for the year ended May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Canada Land Surveyors Act, S.C. 1998, c. 14, sbs. 70(2).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-66.
Agreements for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the province of British Columbia, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-67.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mockler:
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
(Accordingly, at 3:01 p.m. the Senate was continued until 2 p.m. tomorrow.)
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Sibbeston (March 23, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Segal (March 24, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Angus (March 24, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (March 24, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (March 24, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (March 24, 2010).