Journals of the Senate
2nd Session, 41st Parliament
Issue 158
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
2:00 p.m.
The Honourable Leo Housakos, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Beyak, Black, Campbell, Carignan, Chaput, Cools, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, Doyle, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Greene, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Joyal, Lang, LeBreton, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, McInnis, McIntyre, Merchant, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Ogilvie, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Runciman, Seidman, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Wallace, Wells, White
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Beyak, Black, Campbell, Carignan, Chaput, Cools, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Day, *Downe, Doyle, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Greene, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Joyal, Lang, LeBreton, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, McInnis, McIntyre, Merchant, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Ogilvie, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Runciman, Seidman, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Wallace, 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.
PRAYERS
SENATORS' STATEMENTS
Some Honourable Senators made statements.
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
Tabling of documents
The Honourable Senator Martin tabled the following:
Waskesiu Community Plan for Prince Albert National Park of Canada.—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-1298.
Wasagaming Community Plan for the Riding Mountain National Park of Canada.—Sessional Paper No. 2/41- 1299.
Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees
The Honourable Senator Patterson, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, tabled its twelfth report entitled: On-Reserve Housing and Infrastructure: Recommendations for Change.—Sessional Paper No. 2/ 41-1300S.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Patterson, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Runciman, that the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration later this day.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Bills — Third Reading
Third reading of Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act.
The Honourable Senator Beyak moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wells, that the bill be read the third time.
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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Third reading of Bill C-64, An Act to amend the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act.
The Honourable Senator Wells moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Seidman, that the bill be read the third time.
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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Third reading of Bill C-72, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act.
The Honourable Senator Patterson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk, that the bill be read the third time.
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.
Reports of Committees — Other
Orders No. 1 to 6 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C.:
That when the Senate next adjourns after the adoption of this motion, it do stand adjourned until Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Inquiries
Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Commons Public Bills — Third Reading
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Dagenais, seconded by the Honourable Senator Doyle, for the third reading of Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for labour organizations);
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Bellemare, seconded by the Honourable Senator Black, that the bill be not now read a third time but that it be amended in clause 1, on page 5,
(a) by replacing line 34 with the following:
"poration;''; and
(b) by adding after line 43 the following:
"(c) labour organizations whose labour relations activities are not within the legislative authority of Parliament;
(d) labour trusts in which no labour organization whose labour relations activities are within the legislative authority of Parliament has any legal, beneficial or financial interest; and
(e) labour trusts that are not established or maintained in whole or in part for the benefit of a labour organization whose labour relations activities are within the legislative authority of Parliament, its members or the persons it represents.'';
And on the subamendment of the Honourable Senator Cowan, seconded by the Honourable Senator Ringuette, that the motion in amendment be not now adopted but that it be amended as follows:
(a) by deleting the word "and'' at the end of paragraph (a) of the amendment;
(b) by adding the following new paragraph (b) to the amendment:
"(b) by replacing line 36 with the following:
'of which are limited to the'; and''; and
(c) by changing the designation of current paragraph (b) to paragraph (c);
And on the subsidiary motion of the Honourable Senator Ringuette, seconded by the Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., that the subamendment be not now adopted but that pursuant to rule 12-8(1), it, together with the amendment, be referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration and report, and that the Senate resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, immediately following Question Period on the second sitting day following the adoption of this motion;
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Cordy, seconded by the Honourable Senator Jaffer, that the subsidiary motion be not now adopted but that it be amended by replacing the word "second'' with the word "third''.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Fraser moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cowan, that further debate on the motion in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was negatived on the following vote:
YEAS
The Honourable Senators
Baker, Campbell, Chaput, Cools, Cowan, Day, Eggleton, Fraser, Hervieux-Payette, Hubley, Jaffer, Joyal, McCoy, Merchant, Mitchell, Moore, Munson, Ringuette, Smith (Cobourg), Tardif—20
NAYS
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Batters, Beyak, Black, Carignan, Dagenais, Doyle, Eaton, Enverga, Frum, Greene, Lang, LeBreton, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, McInnis, McIntyre, Mockler, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Rivard, Runciman, Seidman, Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Wallace, Wells—38
ABSTENTIONS
The Honourable Senators
Nil
The question was then put on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Cordy, seconded by the Honourable Senator Jaffer, that the subsidiary motion be not now adopted but that it be amended by replacing the word "second'' with the word "third''.
Pursuant to rule 9-10(2), a standing vote was deferred until 5:30 p.m. at the next sitting of the Senate, with the bells to sound at 5:15 p.m. for fifteen minutes.
Senate Public Bills — Reports of Committees
Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills — Reports of Committees
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Runciman, seconded by the Honourable Senator Batters, for the adoption of the twenty-fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (Bill C-279, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity), with amendments), presented in the Senate on February 26, 2015;
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Mitchell, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dyck, that the twenty-fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs be not now adopted, but that it be amended by deleting amendment No. 3.
The Honourable Senator MacDonald moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Patterson, that further debate on the motion in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted, on division.
Senate Public Bills — Second Reading
Orders No. 1 to 12 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills — Second Reading
Orders No. 1 and 2 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.
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Consideration of the seventeenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence entitled: Interim Report on the Operational Stress Injuries of Canada's Veterans, tabled in the Senate on June 18, 2015.
The Honourable Senator Day moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moore, that the report be adopted.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Consideration of the twelfth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, entitled: On-Reserve Housing and Infrastructure: Recommendations for Change, tabled in the Senate on June 23, 2015.
The Honourable Senator Patterson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Runciman:
That the twelfth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples entitled: On-Reserve Housing and Infrastructure: Recommendations for Change, tabled in the Senate on June 23, 2015, 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 Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development being identified as minister responsible for responding to the report.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Motions
Orders No. 8, 136, 73, 9, 55, 62, 60, 113 and 47 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Ringuette, seconded by the Honourable Senator Day:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry be authorized to study the following:
The assessment and appeals process of the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization Program (CAIS), including the replacement programs; AgriStability and AgriInvest;
The definition, including legal precedent and regulatory framework, and application of the terms "arm's length salaries'' and "non-arm's length salaries'' as used by CAIS and related programs, as well as a comparison of those definitions and the application used by Revenue Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada; and
That the Committee submit its final report no later than March 31, 2015, and retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings until 180 days after the tabling of the final report.
The Honourable Senator Marshall moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poirier, 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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Orders No. 66 and 56 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Orders No. 34, 13, 55, 58, 47, 21, 48, 57, 53, 54, 51, 52, 41, 44, 42, 43 and 45 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 role in protecting minorities.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Day, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
WRITTEN DECLARATION OF ROYAL ASSENT
At 5:08 p.m. the Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the following communication had been received:
RIDEAU HALL
June 23rd, 2015
Mr. Speaker:
I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bills listed in the Schedule to this letter on the 23rd day of June, 2015, at 4:13 p.m.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Wallace
Secretary to the Governor General
The Honourable
The Speaker of the Senate
Ottawa
Schedule
Bills Assented To
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (law enforcement animals, military animals and service animals) (Bill C-35, Chapter 34, 2015)
An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act (safety of persons and property) Canadians (Bill C-627, Chapter 35, 2015)
An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures (Bill C-59, Chapter 36, 2015)
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Parliament of Canada Act (candidacy and caucus reforms) (Bill C-586, Chapter 37, 2015)
An Act to amend the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act (Bill C-61, Chapter 38, 2015)
An Act to amend the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act (Bill C-64, Chapter 39, 2015)
An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Bill C-72, Chapter 40, 2015)
INQUIRIES
The Honourable Senator Jaffer called the attention of the Senate to the persecution of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and the mandate of Canada's Office of Religious Freedoms.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Andreychuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Seidman, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Martin 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 5:35 p.m. the Senate was continued until Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.)