2nd Session, 41st Parliament

Issue 113

Thursday, January 29, 2015
1:30 p.m.

The Honourable Leo Housakos, Speaker pro tempore

The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Black, Campbell, Carignan, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, Demers, Doyle, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Greene, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Johnson, Joyal, Lang, LeBreton, MacDonald, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McInnis, McIntyre, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Ogilvie, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Watt, Wells, White

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Black, Campbell, Carignan, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, Demers, *Downe, Doyle, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Greene, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Johnson, Joyal, Lang, LeBreton, MacDonald, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McInnis, McIntyre, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Ogilvie, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Watt, Wells, 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.

The Clerk at the Table informed the Senate that the Honourable the Speaker was unavoidably absent, whereupon the Honourable Senator Housakos, Speaker pro tempore, took the Chair, pursuant to rule 2-4(2).

PRAYERS

SENATORS' STATEMENTS

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Bills — Second Reading

Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Reports of Committees — Other

Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth:

That when the Senate next adjourns after the adoption of this motion, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 2 p.m.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

Inquiries

Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Other

Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

OTHER BUSINESS

Senate Public Bills — Second Reading

Orders No. 1 to 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Commons Public Bills — Second Reading

Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Reports of Committees — Other

Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 60, 66, 47, 74, 79, 62, 73, 8, 55, 9 and 56 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

Orders No. 42, 43, 47, 29, 20, 41, 36, 27, 33, 45, 34, 15, 17, 26, 18, 19, 21, 28, 13, 16 and 44 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Nolin, calling the attention of the Senate to its roots, the history of its origins and its evolution.

The Honourable Senator Munson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Chaput, 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):

Copies of the Regulations amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (P.C. 2014-1498) and of the Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations (P.C. 2014-1499), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-1028.

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.

(Accordingly, at 2:27 p.m. the Senate was continued until Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 2 p.m.)

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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

The Honourable Senator Wallace was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Enverga replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (January 29, 2015).

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (January 28, 2015).

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Black (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (January 28, 2015).

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

The Honourable Senator Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator White (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Bellemare (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Black replaced the Honourable Senator Verner, P.C. (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator White replaced the Honourable Senator Wallace (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Bellemare replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Black (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Patterson replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (January 28, 2015).

Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (January 28, 2015).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Tannas (January 29, 2015).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (January 29, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Raine was added to the membership (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Enverga replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (January 28, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Wallace (January 28, 2015).