Journals of the Senate
61 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2012, Canada
Journals of the Senate
1st Session, 41st Parliament
Issue 122
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
2:00 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Bellemare, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Buth, Campbell, Carignan, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Day, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Eggleton, Enverga, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Joyal, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, McInnis, McIntyre, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oliver, Patterson, Poirier, Raine, Rivest, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, White
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Bellemare, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Buth, Campbell, Carignan, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Day, Demers, Downe, Doyle, *Duffy, Eggleton, Enverga, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Joyal, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Mahovlich, *Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, McInnis, McIntyre, *Mercer, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, *Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oliver, Patterson, *Plett, Poirier, Raine, *Rivard, Rivest, *Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, White
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.
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
Tabling of Reports from Inter-Parliamentary Delegations
The Honourable Senator Smith, P.C. (Cobourg), tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), respecting its participation at the CPA's EXCO Meeting, held in London, United Kingdom, on December 8 and 9, 2011.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1380.
Report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), respecting its participation at the CPA's Mid-Year EXCO Meeting, held in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, from April 16 to 21, 2012.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1381.
The Honourable Senator MacDonald tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas, respecting its participation at the 28th Meeting of the Board of Directors, held in Valparaiso, Chile, on May 11 and 12, 2012.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41- 1382.
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas, respecting its participation at the 29th Executive Committee Meeting and the 9th Plenary Assembly, held in Panama City, Panama, from August 29 to September 1, 2012. —Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1383.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills — Third Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Bills — Second Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Dagenais, seconded by the Honourable Senator MacDonald, for the second reading of Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (elder abuse).
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, 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.
Order No. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees — Other
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Order No. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Commons Public Bills — Third Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Senate Public Bills — Reports of Committees
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Senate Public Bills — Second Reading
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Harb, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poy, for the second reading of Bill S-210, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (commercial seal fishing).
The Honourable Senator Watt moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Harb, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 2 to 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills — Second Reading
Orders No. 1 to 6 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Seth, seconded by the Honourable Senator Doyle, for the second reading of Bill C-314, An Act respecting the awareness of screening among women with dense breast tissue.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Carignan, for the Honourable Senator Seidman, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Reports of Committees — Other
Orders No. 1 to 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Orders No. 109, 75 and 83 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Orders No. 3, 44, 37, 18, 45, 59, 35, 9, 58, 50, 22, 40, 48 and 46 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Order No. 30 was called and, pursuant to rule 4-15(2), dropped from the Order Paper.
Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Callbeck, calling the attention of the Senate to the inequities of the Old Age Security Allowance for unattached, low-income seniors aged 60-64 years.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Hubley moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mahovlich, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 14-1(7):
Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2011-2012 to 2015-2016 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2011- 2012 of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1375.
Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2012-2013 to 2016-2017 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2012- 2013 of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1376.
Summaries of the Corporate Plan and the Capital and Operating Budgets for 2012-2013 to 2016-2017 of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1377.
Report of the British Columbia Treaty Commission, together with the Auditors' Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, pursuant to the British Columbia Treaty Commission Act, S.C. 1995, c. 45, sbs. 21(3).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1378.
Annual Report of the Specific Claims Tribunal for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, pursuant to the Specific Claims Tribunal Act, S.C. 2008, c. 22, s. 40.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1379.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk:
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
(Accordingly, at 3:23 p.m. the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.)
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Dyck (November 27, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
The Honourable Senator Seidman replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (November 26, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (November 26, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (November 27, 2012).
The Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (November 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (November 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Callbeck (November 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (November 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga (November 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Enverga replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (November 22, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C. (November 22, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (November 22, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages
The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Charette-Poulin (November 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Charette-Poulin replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (November 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Comeau replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (November 26, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
The Honourable Senator Seidman replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (November 26, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Dyck replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (November 22, 2012).
Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications
The Honourable Senator Zimmer replaced the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (November 22, 2012).