Journals of the Senate
61 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2012, Canada
Journals of the Senate
1st Session, 41st Parliament
Issue 78
Thursday, May 10, 2012
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Angus, Ataullahjan, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Brown, Buth, Callbeck, Carignan, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Greene, Harb, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Kenny, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Mahovlich, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, Mercer, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Nolin, Ogilvie, Patterson, Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, White, Zimmer
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Angus, Ataullahjan, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Brown, Buth, Callbeck, Carignan, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, *Di Nino, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Greene, Harb, *Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Kenny, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, *MacDonald, Mahovlich, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, Mercer, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Nolin, Ogilvie, Patterson, Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, White, 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 Andreychuk presented the following:
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade has the honour to present its
FOURTH REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred the document ''Passport Canada's Fee-for-Service Proposal to Parliament, dated March 2012, pursuant to the User Fees Act'' has in obedience to the order of reference of Thursday, March 29, 2012, examined the user fee Proposal and, in accordance with section 5 of the User Fee Act, recommends that it be approved.
Respectfully submitted,
RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Chair
The Honourable Senator Andreychuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Johnson, 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.
First Reading of Commons Public Bills
A message was brought from the House of Commons with a Bill C-314, An Act respecting the awareness of screening among women with dense breast tissue, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poirier, 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 Mahovlich tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly respecting its participation at the 11th Annual Winter Meetings of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held in Vienna, Austria, on February 23 and 24, 2012.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-889.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills
Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Order No. 3 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.
Commons Public Bills
Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees
Orders No. 1 to 4 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Order No. 35 (inquiry) was called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Dallaire, calling the attention of the Senate to Canada's continued lack of commitment to the prevention and elimination of mass atrocity crimes, and further calling on the Senate to follow the recommendation of the United Nations Secretary General in making 2012 the year of prevention of mass atrocity crimes.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Tardif moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser, 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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Ordered, That Order No. 35 (inquiry) be again called.
Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., calling the attention of the Senate to the importance of food banks to families and the working poor.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Tardif moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hubley, 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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Order No. 39 (inquiry) was called and postponed until the next sitting.
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With leave,
The Senate reverted to Tabling of Documents.
The Honourable Senator Carignan tabled the following:
Government Response, dated May 10, 2012, to the third report (interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples entitled: Reforming First Nations Education: From Crisis to Hope, tabled in the Senate on December
7, 2011.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-890S.
(Pursuant to rule 131(4), the report and the response were deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on
Aboriginal Peoples)
ORDERS OF THE DAY
OTHER BUSINESS
Other
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Raine, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk:
That the Senate call upon the Government of Canada to modernize and standardize the laws that regulate Canada's maple syrup industry, which is poised for market growth in North America and overseas, and which provides consumers with a natural and nutritious agricultural product that has become a symbol of Canada;
That the Government of Canada should do this by amending the Maple Products Regulations, in accordance with the September 2011 recommendations of the International Maple Syrup Institute in its document entitled ''Regulatory Proposal to Standardize the Grades and Nomenclature for Pure Maple Syrup in the North American and World Marketplace'', for the purpose of
(a) adopting a uniform definition as to what constitutes pure maple syrup;
(b) contributing toward the development of an international standard for maple syrup, as it has become very apparent that the timing for the introduction of such a standard is ideal;
(c) eliminating non-tariff measures that are not found in the international standard that may be used as a barrier to trade such as container sizes and shapes;
(d) modernizing and standardizing the grading and classification system for pure maple syrup sold in domestic, import and export markets and through interprovincial trade, thereby eliminating the current patchwork system of grades that is confusing and fails to explain to consumers in meaningful terms important differences between grades and colour classes;
(e) benefiting both marketing and sales for an industry that is mature, highly organized and well positioned for growth;
(f) enhancing Canadian production and sales, which annually constitutes in excess of 80% of the world's annual maple products output; and
(g) upholding and enhancing quality and safety standards as they pertain to maple products;
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Nolin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lang, that the motion be amended as follows:
1) By replacing the words ''which is poised for market growth'' by the words '' which wants to pursue its dynamic development''; and
2) By replacing paragraph (d) in the motion by the following:
''Modernizing and standardizing the grading of pure Maple syrup sold in domestic, import and export markets and through interprovincial trade which would explain more clearly to the consumer the classification and the grading system;''.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion in amendment, it was adopted.
The question was then put on the motion, as amended, of the Honourable Senator Raine, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk:
That the Senate call upon the Government of Canada to modernize and standardize the laws that regulate Canada's maple syrup industry, which wants to pursue its dynamic development in North America and overseas, and which provides consumers with a natural and nutritious agricultural product that has become a symbol of Canada;
That the Government of Canada should do this by amending the Maple Products Regulations, in accordance with the September 2011 recommendations of the International Maple Syrup Institute in its document entitled ''Regulatory Proposal to Standardize the Grades and Nomenclature for Pure Maple Syrup in the North American and World Marketplace'', for the purpose of
(a) adopting a uniform definition as to what constitutes pure maple syrup;
(b) contributing toward the development of an international standard for maple syrup, as it has become very apparent that the timing for the introduction of such a standard is ideal;
(c) eliminating non-tariff measures that are not found in the international standard that may be used as a barrier to trade such as container sizes and shapes;
(d) Modernizing and standardizing the grading of pure Maple syrup sold in domestic, import and export markets and through interprovincial trade which would explain more clearly to the consumer the classification and the grading system;
(e) benefiting both marketing and sales for an industry that is mature, highly organized and well positioned for growth;
(f) enhancing Canadian production and sales, which annually constitutes in excess of 80% of the world's annual maple products output; and
(g) upholding and enhancing quality and safety standards as they pertain to maple products.
The motion, as amended, was adopted.
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Orders No. 3 (inquiry) and 19 (motion) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Eaton, calling the attention of the Senate to the interference of foreign foundations in Canada's domestic affairs and their abuse of Canada's existing Revenue Canada Charitable status.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Duffy moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Demers, 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. 38, 33, 29, 11, 19, 30, 18 and 22 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Mercer, calling the attention of the Senate to Canada's current level of volunteerism, the impact it has on society, and the future of volunteerism in Canada.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Munson, for the Honourable Senator Mercer, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hubley, 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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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Cowan, calling the attention of the Senate to the 30th Anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which has done so much to build pride in our country and our national identity.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Charette-Poulin, for the Honourable Senator Andreychuk, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool, 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. 81, 83 (motions), 25, 42, 26 (inquiries), 75 (motion) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Meighen, calling the attention of the Senate to the economic benefits of recreational Atlantic salmon fishing in Canada.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Moore moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., 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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Order No. 20 (inquiry) was called and postponed until the next sitting.
MOTIONS
The Honourable Senator Patterson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Ogilvie:
That the papers and evidence received and taken and the work accomplished by the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples during its study of Bill S-11, An Act respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands, in the Third Session of the Fortieth Parliament, be referred to the Committee for its study on Bill S-8, An Act respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands (Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act).
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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The Honourable Senator Wallin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Martin:
That the papers and evidence received and taken and work accomplished by the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence during its study of Bill S-13, An Act to implement the Framework Agreement on Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Law Enforcement Operations between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America, during the Third Session of the Fortieth Parliament, be referred to the committee for the purposes of its study on those elements contained in Division 12 of Part 4 of the subject-matter of Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures, during the current session.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce have the power to sit from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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With leave,
The Senate reverted to Government Notices of Motions.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall:
That when the Senate adjourns today, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 2 p.m.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 28(2):
Summary of the Corporate Business Plan for 2012-2013 to 2014-2015 of the Canada Revenue Agency, pursuant to the Canada Revenue Agency Act, S.C. 1999, c. 17, sbs. 49(2). —Sessional Paper No. 1/41-888.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Comeau:
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
(Accordingly, at 3:15 p.m. the Senate was continued until Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 2 p.m.)
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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (May 9, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (May 9, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Brazeau (May 9, 2012).
Special Senate Committee on Anti-terrorism
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (May 10, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (May 10, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Stratton (May 10, 2012).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (May 9, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (May 10, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (May 9, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Gerstein (May 10, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (May 10, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (May 9, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
The Honourable Senator Seth replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (May 10, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Merchant (May 9, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Seth (May 9, 2012).