Journals of the Senate
1 Charles III , A.D. 2023, Canada
1st Session, 44th Parliament
Issue 130 (Unrevised)
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
2 p.m.
The Honourable RAYMONDE GAGNÉ, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoyerBrazeauBureyBussonCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGreenwoodHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWooYussuff
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
AndersonArnotAtaullahjanAudetteBattersBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoyerBrazeauBureyBussonCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)Dean*DowneDuncanDupuis*ForestFrancisGagnéGalvezGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGreenwoodHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallin*WellsWooYussuff
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
INTRODUCTION OF SENATORS
The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the Clerk of the Senate had received a certificate from the Registrar General of Canada showing that Beverly Jane MacAdam had been summoned to the Senate.
The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that there was a senator without waiting to be introduced.
The Honourable Senator MacAdam was introduced between the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., and the Honourable Senator Marshall, and having presented His Majesty’s Writ of Summons it was read by one of the clerks at the table as follows:
CANADA
Christine MacIntyre
(G.S.)
Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and His other Realms and Territories KING, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
TO
Our Trusty and Well-beloved,
BEVERLY JANE MacADAM
of West St. Peters, in the Province of Prince Edward Island,
GREETING:
KNOW YOU, that as well for the especial trust and confidence We have manifested in you, as for the purpose of obtaining your advice and assistance in all weighty and arduous affairs which may the State and Defence of Canada concern, We have thought fit to summon you to the Senate of Canada.
AND WE do command you, that all difficulties and excuses whatsoever laying aside, you be and appear for the purposes aforesaid, in the Senate of Canada at all times whensoever and wheresoever Our Parliament may be in Canada convoked and holden, and this you are in no wise to omit.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS:
CHRISTINE MacINTYRE, Deputy of Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Mary May Simon, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
AT OTTAWA, this third day of May in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-three and in the first year of Our Reign.
BY COMMAND,
F.-P. CHAMPAGNE
Registrar General of Canada
The Honourable Senator MacAdam came to the table and took and subscribed the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed for that purpose, and took her seat as a member of the Senate.
The Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the honourable senators introduced today had made and subscribed the Declaration of Qualification required of them by the Constitution Act, 1867, in the presence of the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed to receive and witness same.
Senators’ Statements
Some Honourable Senators made statements.
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Public Bills
The Honourable Senator Boisvenu introduced Bill S-266, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Boisvenu moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Seidman, 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.
Tabling of Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations
The Honourable Senator Gerba tabled the following:
Report of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, Bilateral Visit to Senegal, Dakar, Senegal, from November 5 to 10, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1794.
Question Period
The Senate proceeded to Question Period.
Orders of the Day
Government Business
Bills – Messages from the House of Commons
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:
That, in relation to Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act and to repeal the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act, the Senate agree to the amendments made by the House of Commons; and
That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that house accordingly.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Patterson (Nunavut) moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., 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.
Reports of Committees – Other
Orders No. 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.:
That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights be authorized to examine the subject matter of Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, introduced in the House of Commons on March 9, 2023, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate; and
That, for the purposes of this study, the committee be authorized to meet even though the Senate may then be sitting or adjourned, with the application of rules 12-18(1) and 12-18(2) being suspended in relation thereto.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.:
That the Certificate of Nomination for the proposed reappointment of Heather Powell Lank as Parliamentary Librarian, tabled in the Senate on June 1, 2023, be referred to the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament for consideration and report; and
That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House accordingly.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Inquiries
Orders No. 3, 4 and 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other Business
Senate Public Bills – Reports of Committees
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Senate Public Bills – Second Reading
Orders No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Wallin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tannas, for the second reading of Bill S-248, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Clement moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Saint-Germain, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 18 and 19 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Dalphond, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cordy, for the second reading of Bill S-256, An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (seizure) and to make related amendments to other Acts.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Dalphond moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Klyne, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill S-264, An Act to establish International Tax Justice and Cooperation Day.
The Honourable Senator Dalphond moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bernard, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator MacDonald, 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.
Commons Public Bills – Second Reading
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator Boisvenu, for the second reading of Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Wells, seconded by the Honourable Senator Batters, for the second reading of Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Dalphond moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gignac, 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 C-241, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction of travel expenses for tradespersons).
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Clement moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Petitclerc, 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 C-248, An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (Ojibway National Urban Park of Canada).
The Honourable Senator Boehm moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Galvez, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Plett, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Order No. 6 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Private Bills – Second Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees – Other
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Bellemare, seconded by the Honourable Senator Klyne, for the adoption of the fourth report (interim) of the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament, entitled Amendments to the Rules, presented in the Senate on February 7, 2023.
After debate,
In amendment, the Honourable Senator Batters moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Plett:
That the report be amended by adding the following at the end of proposed new rule 1-1(3):
“in order to facilitate the senator’s participation in proceedings in the Senate Chamber or in the committee room, as the case may be”.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion in amendment, it was adopted.
The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Bellemare, seconded by the Honourable Senator Klyne, for the adoption of the fourth report (interim), as amended, of the Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament, entitled Amendments to the Rules, presented in the Senate on February 7, 2023.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 31, 33 and 40 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Consideration of the eleventh report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Budget—examine and report on the status of soil health in Canada—power to travel), presented in the Senate on June 1, 2023.
The Honourable Senator Black moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Quinn, that the report be adopted.
Debate.
Pursuant to rule 3-3(1), the Speaker left the Chair to resume the same at 8 p.m.
The sitting resumed.
Reports of Committees – Other
The Senate resumed debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Black, seconded by the Honourable Senator Quinn, for the adoption of the eleventh report of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Budget—examine and report on the status of soil health in Canada—power to travel), presented in the Senate on June 1, 2023.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on division.
Consideration of the thirteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Budget—examine and report on such issues as may arise from time to time relating to social affairs, science and technology generally—power to travel), presented in the Senate on June 1, 2023.
The Honourable Senator Omidvar moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dean, that the report be adopted.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Motions
Orders No. 3, 4 and 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Pate, seconded by the Honourable Senator Duncan:
That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine and report on a road map for post-pandemic economic and social policy to address the human, social and financial costs of economic marginalization and inequality, when and if the committee is formed;
That, given recent calls for action from Indigenous, provincial, territorial and municipal jurisdictions, the committee examine in particular potential national approaches to interjurisdictional collaboration to implement a guaranteed livable basic income; and
That the committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2022.
Ordered: That further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting, in the name of the Honourable Senator Martin.
Orders No. 7, 11, 12, 19, 30, 77 and 82 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator McCallum, seconded by the Honourable Senator Campbell:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples be authorized to examine and report on the misrepresentation of Indigenous ancestry, inadequate self-identification standards and the profound effects that such identity fraud has on further marginalizing Indigenous people, in particular Indigenous women; and
That the committee submit its final report no later than December 31, 2023.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Housakos moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Seidman, 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 Omidvar, seconded by the Honourable Senator Dean:
That, given reports of human rights abuses, repression and executions of its citizens, particularly women, in Iran by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Senate call upon the government to immediately designate the IRGC as a terrorist entity.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted, on division.
Orders No. 113 and 119 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Simons, calling the attention of the Senate to the challenges and opportunities that Canadian municipalities face, and to the importance of understanding and redefining the relationships between Canada’s municipalities and the federal government.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Clement moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Duncan, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 15 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
MOTIONS
The Honourable Senator Wallin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Osler:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy be permitted, notwithstanding usual practices, to deposit with the Clerk of the Senate a report relating to its study on business investment in Canada, if the Senate is not then sitting, and that the report be deemed to have been tabled in the Senate.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.:
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
(Accordingly, at 8:59 p.m., the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 2 p.m.)
DOCUMENTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 14-1(7)
Fifth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, entitled The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 20 and 36 of Part 4 of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 2, 2023, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on April 27, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1787S.
(Pursuant to the order adopted April 27, 2023, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)
Fourteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, entitled The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 27, 28, 29, 35 and 38 of Part 4 of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 2, 2023, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on April 27, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1788S.
(Pursuant to the order adopted April 27, 2023, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)
Fourteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, entitled The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 30, 31, 34 and 39 of Part 4, and in Subdivision B of Division 3 of Part 4 of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on June 2, 2023, pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on April 27, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1789S.
(Pursuant to the order adopted April 27, 2023, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)
Copy of the Special Economic Measures (Moldova) Regulations (P.C. 2023-475) and the Special Economic Measures (Moldova) Permit Authorization Order (P.C. 2023-476), pursuant to the Special Economic Measures Act, S.C. 1992, c. 17, sbs. 7(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1790.
Summaries of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-24 to 2027-28 of Defence Construction (1951) Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1791.
Summaries of the Corporate Plan and Budgets for 2023-24 to 2027-28 of VIA HFR – VIA TGF Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1792.
Report on the five-year review of the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 1997, c. 20, sbs. 42(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1793.
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Batters (June 3, 2023).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Honourable Senator Ravalia replaced the Honourable Senator Greenwood (June 2, 2023).
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The Honourable Senator Greenwood was added to the membership (June 5, 2023).
The Honourable Senator Busson replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (June 2, 2023).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator Moncion replaced the Honourable Senator Forest (June 2, 2023).
Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs
The Honourable Senator Boehm replaced the Honourable Senator Ravalia (June 6, 2023).
The Honourable Senator Ravalia replaced the Honourable Senator Boehm (June 2, 2023).
Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (June 3, 2023).
Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications
The Honourable Senator Saint-Germain was added to the membership (June 5, 2023).