Journals of the Senate
1st Session, 41st Parliament
Issue 159
Thursday, May 2, 2013
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Black, Boisvenu, Braley, Buth, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Joyal, Kenny, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, McIntyre, Mercer, Merchant, Meredith, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oh, Oliver, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Sibbeston, Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tardif, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Wells, White, Zimmer
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Black, Boisvenu, Braley, Buth, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Joyal, Kenny, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, McIntyre, Mercer, Merchant, Meredith, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oh, Oliver, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Sibbeston, Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tardif, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Wells, 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.
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
Tabling of Documents
The Honourable Senator Carignan tabled the following:
Government Response, dated May 2, 2013, to the fourteenth report (interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology entitled: Canada's Clinical Trial Infrastructure: A Prescription for Improved
Access to New Medicines, tabled in the Senate on November 1, 2012. —Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1596S.
(Pursuant to rule 12-24(4), the report and the response were deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Social
Affairs, Science and Technology)
Government Response to the fifth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages entitled: Internet,
new media and social media: Respect for language rights!, tabled in the Senate on October 25, 2012.—Sessional Paper
No. 1/41-1597S.
(Pursuant to rule 12-24(4), the report and the response were deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages)
Presenting or Tabling of Reports from Standing or Special Committees
The Honourable Senator Gerstein, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, presented its eleventh report (Bill S-17, An Act to implement conventions, protocols, agreements and a supplementary convention, concluded between Canada and Namibia, Serbia, Poland, Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Switzerland, for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes, without amendment).
The Honourable Senator Greene moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Duffy, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Andreychuk, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, presented its twelfth report (Bill C-383, An Act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act and the International River Improvements Act, without amendment).
The Honourable Senator Andreychuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lang, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading 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-15, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, 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.
First Reading of Commons Public Bills
A message was brought from the House of Commons with a Bill C-394, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (criminal organization recruitment), 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 Marshall, 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
Reports of Committees — Other
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poirier:
That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine the subject-matter of Bill C-60, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures, introduced in the House of Commons on April 29, 2013, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Inquiries
Order No. 4 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills — Third Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills — Third Reading
Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Senate Public Bills — Reports of Committees
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Ogilvie, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wallace, for the adoption of the fifteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Bill S-204, An Act to establish a national strategy for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), with a recommendation), presented in the Senate on November 22, 2012.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Tardif, for the Honourable Senator Merchant, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cowan, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Senate Public Bills — Second Reading
Orders No. 1 to 4 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills — Second Reading
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Eaton, seconded by the Honourable Senator Rivard, for the second reading of Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for labour organizations).
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Ringuette moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Munson, 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 and 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees — Other
Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Dallaire, seconded by the Honourable Senator Day, that the ninth report (interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, entitled: A Study of the New Veterans Charter, tabled in the Senate on March 21, 2013, be adopted and that, pursuant to rule 12-24(1), the Senate request a complete and detailed response from the Government, with the Minister of Veterans Affairs being identified as minister responsible for responding to the report.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 5 to 7 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Orders No. 144, 161, 158, 128, 143, 147 and 75 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Orders No. 22, 67, 59, 57, 35, 45, 40, 9, 18, 60, 50, 3, 66, 62, 56 and 19 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poirier:
That when the Senate adjourns today, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, May 7, 2013 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 14-1(7):
Report of Export Development Canada, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year ended December 31, 2012, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41- 1592.
Report of the Royal Canadian Mint, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year 2012, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1593.
Report of the Canada Development Investment Corporation, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year ended December 31, 2012, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1594.
Agreement for RCMP policing services made between Canada and the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Alberta, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1595.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall:
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 Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 2 p.m.)
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Seth replaced the Honourable Senator Meredith (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Meredith replaced the Honourable Senator Seth (May 1, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (May 1, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (May 2, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (May 1, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Day replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (May 1, 2013).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The Honourable Senator Doyle replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Carignan replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Tardif (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Downe replaced the Honourable Senator Fraser (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Seidman replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Doyle (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Tardif replaced the Honourable Senator Munson (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Fraser replaced the Honourable Senator Downe (April 30, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Batters replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (May 1, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (May 2, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (May 2, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Mercer (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Dyck replaced the Honourable Senator Hubley (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Dyck (May 1, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Mercer replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (May 1, 2013).