Journals of the Senate
2nd Session, 41st Parliament
Issue 102
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Beyak, Black, Boisvenu, Campbell, Carignan, Charette-Poulin, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Lang, LeBreton, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McInnis, McIntyre, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Neufeld, Ngo, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Runciman, Seidman, Seth, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Watt, Wells
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Beyak, Black, Boisvenu, Campbell, Carignan, Charette-Poulin, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Lang, LeBreton, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McInnis, McIntyre, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Neufeld, Ngo, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Runciman, Seidman, Seth, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Watt, Wells
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
Tributes
Tribute was paid to the Honourable Senator Seth, who will retire from the Senate on December 15, 2014.
Senators' Statements
Some Honourable Senators made statements.
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees
The Honourable Senator Neufeld, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, tabled its ninth report, entitled: Digging Safely: One-Call Notification Systems and the Prevention of Damage to Canada's Buried Infrastructure.—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-985S.
The Honourable Senator Neufeld moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lang, 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.
Tabling of Reports from Inter-Parliamentary Delegations
The Honourable Senator Andreychuk tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Meeting of the Standing Committee, held in Riga, Latvia, from April 4 to 6, 2014.—Sessional Paper No. 2/41- 986.
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation in the joint visit of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations and the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Economic Relations, held in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, from April 30 to May 3, 2014.—Sessional Paper No. 2/ 41-987.
Report of the Canadian Delegation of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the Meeting of the 2014 Spring Session, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from May 30 to June 1, 2014.—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-988.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills — Third Reading
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Housakos, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis, for the third reading of Bill C-3, An Act to enact the Aviation Industry Indemnity Act, to amend the Aeronautics Act, the Canada Marine Act, the Marine Liability Act and the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed this bill, without amendment.
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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McInnis, seconded by the Honourable Senator Enverga, for the third reading of Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act, the Competition Act and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Fraser moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tardif, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Bills — Second Reading
Order No.1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Second reading of Bill C-18, An Act to amend certain Acts relating to agriculture and agri-food.
The Honourable Senator Plett moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Frum, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Tardif moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser, 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. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees — Other
Orders No. 1 to 4 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Consideration of the thirteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance (Supplementary Estimates (B) 2014-2015), tabled in the Senate on November 27, 2014.
The Honourable Senator Day moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moore, that the report be adopted.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted, on division.
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Orders No. 6 to 8 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
At 4:30 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on February 6, 2014, the Senate adjourned until 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.
REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 14-1(7):
Report on the administration of the Species at Risk Act for the year 2013, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 2002, c. 29, s. 126.—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-983.
Reports by Federal Authorities with Obligations under Section 71 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, pursuant to the Act, 2012, S.C. 2012, c. 19, s. 52 "71(2)''.—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-984.
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The Honourable Senator Moore replaced the Honourable Senator Watt (December 2, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (December 3, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (December 3, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Verner, P.C. (December 3, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (December 3, 2014).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The Honourable Senator Nolin was added to the membership (December 3, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
The Honourable Senator White replaced the Honourable Senator Wallace (December 3, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator White (December 3, 2014).
Committee of Selection
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk was added to the membership (December 3, 2014).
Corrigenda
(Journals of the Senate, Tuesday, November 18, 2014)
Add the name of the Honourable Senator Rivest to the list of Senators convened and the list of Senators in attendance to business.
Remove the name of the Honourable Senator Rivard from the list of Senators convened and from the list of Senators in attendance to business.