Journals of the Senate
70 Elizabeth II , A.D. 2021, Canada
1st Session, 44th Parliament
Issue 5 (Unrevised)
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
2 p.m.
The Honourable GEORGE J. FUREY, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanDupuisForestFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLankinLoffredaLovelace NicholasMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMercerMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieNgoOhOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPoirierQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWooYussuff
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBellemareBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDuncanDupuisForestFrancisFureyGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHartlingHousakosKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLankinLoffredaLovelace NicholasMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMercerMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieNgoOhOmidvarPatePattersonPetitclercPoirierQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWooYussuff
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.
Question Period
The Senate proceeded to Question Period.
Orders of the Day
Government Business
Bills – Second Reading
Second reading of Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts.
The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wells, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Motions
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other Business
Senate Public Bills – Second Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate).
The Honourable Senator Bovey moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cordy, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Martin, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Second reading of Bill S-203, An Act respecting a federal framework on autism spectrum disorder.
The Honourable Senator Housakos moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Loffreda moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mégie, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill S-209, An Act respecting Pandemic Observance Day.
The Honourable Senator Mégie moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Loffreda, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Duncan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Omidvar, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Second reading of Bill S-210, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually explicit material.
The Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator McCallum, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wells, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Order No. 11 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill S-212, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to repeal a regulation.
The Honourable Senator Pate moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Bernard moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bovey, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill S-218, An Act to amend the Department for Women and Gender Equality Act.
The Honourable Senator McCallum moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mégie, that the bill be read the second time.
Debate.
Pursuant to rule 3-3(1) and the order adopted by the Senate on November 25, 2021, the Speaker left the Chair to resume the same at 7 p.m.
The sitting resumed.
Senate Public Bills – Second Reading
The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mégie, for the second reading of Bill S-218, An Act to amend the Department for Women and Gender Equality Act.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Duncan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Omidvar, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Second reading of Bill S-219, An Act respecting a National Ribbon Skirt Day.
The Honourable Senator McCallum moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Duncan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Clement, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 20 and 21 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill S-222, An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood).
The Honourable Senator Griffin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Black, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Mercer moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dalphond, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 23, 24, 25 and 26 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill S-227, An Act to establish Food Day in Canada.
The Honourable Senator Black moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Griffin, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Order No. 28 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Order No. 6 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dean:
That the Senate of Canada:
(a)acknowledge that racism, in all its forms, was a cornerstone upon which the residential school system was created;
(b)acknowledge that racism, discrimination and abuse were rampant within the residential school system;
(c)acknowledge that the residential school system, created for the malevolent purpose of assimilation, has had profound and continuing negative impacts on Indigenous lives, cultures and languages; and
(d)apologize unreservedly for Canada’s role in the establishment of the residential school system, as well as its resulting adverse impacts, the effects of which are still seen and felt by countless Indigenous peoples and communities today.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Duncan moved, for the Honourable Senator Boyer, seconded by the Honourable Senator Sorensen, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:
That the Senate of Canada call on the federal government to adopt anti-racism as the sixth pillar of the Canada Health Act, prohibiting discrimination based on race and affording everyone the equal right to the protection and benefit of the law.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Dalphond moved, for the Honourable Senator Bernard, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cordy, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources be authorized to examine and report on the cumulative positive and negative impacts of resource extraction and development, and their effects on environmental, economic and social considerations, when and if the committee is formed; and
That the committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2022.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Galvez moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Forest, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Ngo, seconded by the Honourable Senator Patterson:
That the Senate note that, by adopting the Journey to Freedom Day Act on April 23, 2015, and taking into account the first two elements of the preamble of the said Act, the Parliament of Canada unequivocally recognized violations of:
(a)the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet-Nam and its protocols (Paris Peace Accords); and
(b)the Act of the International Conference on Viet-Nam; and
That the Senate urge the Government of Canada to call upon six or more of the current parties to the Act of the International Conference on Viet-Nam, which include Canada, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, amongst others, to agree to the reconvention of the International Conference on Viet-Nam pursuant to Article 7(b) of the Act of the International Conference on Viet-Nam in order to settle disputes between the signatory parties due to the violations of the terms of the Paris Peace Accords and the Act of the International Conference on Viet-Nam.
Debate.
ADJOURNMENT
At 9 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on November 25, 2021, the Senate adjourned until 2 p.m., tomorrow.
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The Honourable Senator Seidman replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (November 29, 2021).
The Honourable Senator Forest replaced the Honourable Senator Duncan (November 26, 2021).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The Honourable Senator Seidman replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (November 29, 2021).
The Honourable Senator Forest replaced the Honourable Senator Duncan (November 26, 2021).