Journals of the Senate
1 Charles III , A.D. 2023, Canada
1st Session, 44th Parliament
Issue 138 (Unrevised)
Thursday, June 22, 2023
12 p.m.
The Honourable RAYMONDE GAGNÉ, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
AtaullahjanAudetteBattersBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoyerBureyBussonCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisForestGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGreenwoodHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
AtaullahjanAudetteBattersBernardBlackBoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoyerBureyBussonCardozoCarignanClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)Dean*DowneDuncanDupuisForest*FrancisGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreeneGreenwoodHarderHartlingHousakosJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMoodieOhOmidvarOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenPlettQuinnRavaliaRichardsRinguetteSaint-GermainSeidmanShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWallinWellsWooYussuff
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
Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees
The Honourable Senator Patterson (Nunavut), Senator of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples, presented the committee’s thirteenth report (Bill C-51, An Act to give effect to the self-government treaty recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, without amendment).
(Pursuant to the order adopted on June 20, 2023, the bill was placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading later this day.)
Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills
A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-54, An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill was read the first time.
Ordered, That the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading later this day.
A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-55, An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill was read the first time.
Ordered, That the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a second reading later this day.
A message was brought from the House of Commons with Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, 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.
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Public Bills
The Honourable Senator McCallum introduced Bill S-271, An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator McCallum moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator McPhedran, 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.
The Honourable Senator McCallum introduced Bill S-272, An Act to amend the Director of Public Prosecutions Act.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator McCallum moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator McPhedran, 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 Cordy tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association, 67th Annual Session, Lisbon, Portugal (hybrid format), from October 8 to 11, 2021.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1875.
Report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association, 22nd Annual Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum, Washington, D.C., United States of America, from December 5 to 7, 2022.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1876.
The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan tabled the following:
Report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Bilateral Visit to the United Kingdom, London, England and Cardiff, Wales, January 16 to 20, 2023.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1877.
Question Period
The Senate proceeded to Question Period.
Delayed Answers
Pursuant to rule 4-10(2), the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson tabled the following:
Reply to Question No. 33, dated November 23, 2021, appearing on the Order Paper and Notice Paper in the name of the Honourable Senator Plett, regarding the Canada Revenue Agency.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1878S.
Reply to Question No. 66, dated November 23, 2021, appearing on the Order Paper and Notice Paper in the name of the Honourable Senator Plett, regarding Canada’s military justice system.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1879S.
Reply to Question No. 159, dated May 5, 2022, appearing on the Order Paper and Notice Paper in the name of the Honourable Senator Plett, regarding the answers provided by the Department of National Defence to Order Paper question No. 15 during the 1st session of the 44th Parliament.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1880S.
Reply to Question No. 207, dated February 2, 2023, appearing on the Order Paper and Notice Paper in the name of the Honourable Senator Plett, regarding the Newfoundland-Labrador fixed transportation link.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1881S.
Orders of the Day
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
A message was brought from the House of Commons in the following words:
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
EXTRACT, —
That a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that, in relation to Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada, the House:
agrees with amendments 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 made by the Senate; and
respectfully disagrees with amendments 4 and 5 because they undermine the objectives of the bill, which focus on encouraging fair deals that reflect what each party contributes to, and how each party benefits from, the making available of news online, and narrow the scope of the bargaining process and the key factors guiding final offer arbitration decisions.
ATTEST
Eric Janse
Acting Clerk of the House of Commons
The Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson, that the message be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration later this day.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Government Business
Bills – Third Reading
Third reading of Bill C-51, An Act to give effect to the self-government treaty recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., that the bill be read for a 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.
Bills – Messages from the House of Commons
Consideration of the message from the House of Commons concerning Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada:
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
EXTRACT, —
That a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that, in relation to Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada, the House:
agrees with amendments 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 made by the Senate; and
respectfully disagrees with amendments 4 and 5 because they undermine the objectives of the bill, which focus on encouraging fair deals that reflect what each party contributes to, and how each party benefits from, the making available of news online, and narrow the scope of the bargaining process and the key factors guiding final offer arbitration decisions.
The Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson:
That, in relation to Bill C-18, An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada, the Senate do not insist on its amendments with which the House of Commons disagrees; and
That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that house accordingly.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on the following vote:
YEAS
The Honourable Senators
AudetteBernardBlackBoehmBonifaceBoyerBureyBussonCardozoClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisForestGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreenwoodHarderHartlingJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMoncionMoodieOmidvarOslerPatePetitclercPettenQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainShugartSmithSorensenWooYussuff—56
NAYS
The Honourable Senators
AtaullahjanBattersBoisvenuCarignanDagenaisHousakosMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMocklerOhPatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PlettRichardsSeidmanSimonsTannasVernerWallinWells—22
ABSTENTION
The Honourable Senator
Miville-Dechêne—1
Bills – Third Reading
Third reading of Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the International Transfer of Offenders Act, as amended.
The Honourable Senator Busson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Clement, that the bill, as amended, be read for a third time.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted, on division.
The bill, as amended, was then read the third time.
Ordered, That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed this bill, to which it desires its concurrence.
Bills – Second Reading
Second reading of Bill C-54, An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted, on division.
The bill was then read the second time.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., that the bill be read for a third time.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on the following vote:
YEAS
The Honourable Senators
AudetteBlackBoehmBonifaceBoyerBureyBussonCardozoClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDalphondDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisForestGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreenwoodHarderHartlingJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMarwahMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercPettenQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasVernerWooYussuff—58
NAYS
The Honourable Senators
AtaullahjanBattersBoisvenuCarignanDagenaisHousakosMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMocklerOhPlettSeidmanWells—15
ABSTENTIONS
The Honourable Senators
Nil
Accordingly, Bill C-54 was read a 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.
Second reading of Bill C-55, An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted, on division.
The bill was then read the second time.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., that the bill be read for a third time.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on the following vote:
YEAS
The Honourable Senators
BlackBoehmBonifaceBoyerBureyBussonCardozoClementCordyCormierCoyleDalphondDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanDupuisGagnéGerbaGignacGoldGreeneHarderHartlingKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMacAdamMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOslerPatePatterson (Nunavut)Patterson (Ontario)PetitclercQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainShugartSimonsSmithSorensenTannasWooYussuff—50
NAYS
The Honourable Senators
AtaullahjanBattersBoisvenuCarignanDagenaisHousakosMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMocklerOhPlettSeidmanWells—15
ABSTENTIONS
The Honourable Senators
Nil
Accordingly, Bill C-55 was read a 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.
Bills – Third Reading
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Loffreda, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., for the third reading of Bill C-47, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on the following vote:
YEAS
The Honourable Senators
BlackBoehmBonifaceBoyerBureyBussonCardozoClementCordyCormierCotterCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDuncanGagnéGerbaGignacGoldHarderHartlingJafferKlyneKutcherLaBoucane-BensonLoffredaMarwahMcCallumMcPhedranMégieMiville-DechêneMoncionMoodieOslerPatePatterson (Ontario)PetitclercQuinnRavaliaRinguetteSaint-GermainShugartSimonsTannasWooYussuff—50
NAYS
The Honourable Senators
AtaullahjanBattersBoisvenuCarignanHousakosMacDonaldManningMarshallMartinMocklerPatterson (Nunavut)PlettSeidmanSmithVernerWells—16
ABSTENTION
The Honourable Senator
Greene—1
Accordingly, Bill C-47 was read a 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.
Bills – Second Reading
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees – Other
Orders No. 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Orders No. 3, 4 and 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other Business
Ordered, That Order No. 50 under OTHER BUSINESS, reports of committees - other and Order No. 119 under OTHER BUSINESS, motions, be brought forward.
Consideration of the eighth report (interim) of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy, entitled Needed: An Innovation Strategy for the Data-Driven Economy, tabled in the Senate on June 15, 2023.
The Honourable Senator Deacon (Nova Scotia) moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cotter:
That the eighth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy, entitled Needed: An Innovation Strategy for the Data-Driven Economy, tabled in the Senate on Thursday, June 15, 2023, be adopted and that, pursuant to rule 12-23(1), the Senate request a complete and detailed response from the government, with the Minister of Finance being identified as minister responsible for responding to the report, in consultation with the Minister of Innovation Science and Industry.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Boehm, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mégie:
That the twenty-sixth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade entitled Cultural Diplomacy at the Front Stage of Canada’s Foreign Policy, tabled in the Senate on June 11, 2019, during the First Session of the Forty-second Parliament, be placed on the Orders of the Day under the rubric Other Business, Reports of Committees – Other, for consideration at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Ordered: That the sitting be suspended to await the announcement of Royal Assent, to reassemble at the call of the chair with a five-minute bell.
(Accordingly, at 6:40 p.m., the sitting was suspended.)
At 7:01 p.m., the sitting resumed.
WRITTEN DECLARATION OF ROYAL ASSENT
At 7:01 p.m., the Honourable the Speaker informed the Senate that the following communication had been received:
RIDEAU HALL
June 22, 2023
Madam Speaker,
I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bills listed in the Schedule to this letter on the 22nd day of June, 2023, at 6:34 p.m.
Yours sincerely,
Maia Welbourne
Assistant Secretary to the Governor General
The Honourable
The Speaker of the Senate
Ottawa
Schedule
Bills Assented To
Thursday, June 22, 2023
An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act (Bill C-22, Chapter 17, 2023)
An Act to amend the Judges Act (Bill C-9, Chapter 18, 2023)
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Bill S-8, Chapter 19, 2023)
An Act to establish a national framework for the prevention and treatment of cancers linked to firefighting (Bill C-224, Chapter 20, 2023)
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (temporary resident visas for parents and grandparents) (Bill C-242, Chapter 21, 2023)
An Act to give effect to the self-government treaty recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (Bill C-51, Chapter 22, 2023)
An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada (Bill C-18, Chapter 23, 2023)
An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 (Bill C-54, Chapter 24, 2023)
An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 (Bill C-55, Chapter 25, 2023)
An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023 (Bill C-47, Chapter 26, 2023)
Motions
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator LaBoucane-Benson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C.:
That, when the Senate next adjourns after the adoption of this motion, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at 2 p.m.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
ADJOURNMENT
With leave of the Senate,
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 7:10 p.m., the Senate was continued until Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at 2 p.m.)
DOCUMENTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 14-1(7)
Interim Order Respecting the Discharge of Sewage and the Release of Greywater by Cruise Ships in Canadian Waters, pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, S.C. 2001, c. 26, sbs. 10.1(7).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1871.
Report of the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to the Accessible Canada Act, S.C. 2019, c. 10, sbs. 36(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1872.
Report on Canada’s activities as a Member Nation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-26, s. 4.—Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1873.
2022-23 Annual Report of the Senate Ethics Officer, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1, s. 20.7. —Sessional Paper No. 1/44-1874S.