59 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2010, Canada

Journals of the Senate

3rd Session, 40th Parliament

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Issue 16

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
2:00 p.m.

The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker

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The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, Baker, Banks, Boisvenu, Brazeau, Brown, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Chaput, Comeau, Cools, Cowan, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Dickson, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kinsella, Kochhar, Lang, Lapointe, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Patterson, Pépin, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Smith, St. Germain, Stewart Olsen, Stollery, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, Zimmer

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, Baker, Banks, Boisvenu, Brazeau, Brown, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Chaput, Comeau, Cools, Cowan, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Dickson, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kinsella, Kochhar, Lang, Lapointe, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Patterson, Pépin, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Smith, St. Germain, Stewart Olsen, Stollery, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, Zimmer

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.

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of documents

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Kinsella tabled the following:

Report of the Parliamentary Delegation of the Senate, led by the Speaker of the Senate, concerning its visit to the United Nations, on December 17 and 18, 2009.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-141S.

Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills

The Honourable Senator Comeau presented a Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Johnson, 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 Harb presented a Bill S-217, An Act to establish and maintain a national registry of medical devices.

The bill was read the first time.

The Honourable Senator Harb moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mercer, 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.

Presentation of Petitions

The Honourable Senator Plett presented petitions:

Of Residents of Canada concerning Bill C-268.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Motions

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Poirier, seconded by the Honourable Senator Runciman:

That the following Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada:

To Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the Senate of Canada in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.

After debate,

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

The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Meighen:

That the Address be engrossed and presented to Her Excellency the Governor General by the Honourable the Speaker.

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

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With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk:

That committees scheduled to meet today have power to sit from 4:15 p.m., even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.

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

Bills

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

Inquiries

Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Comeau, calling the attention of the Senate to the budget entitled, Leading the Way on Jobs and Growth, tabled in the House of Commons on March 4, 2010, by the Minister of Finance, the Honourable James M. Flaherty, P.C., M.P., and in the Senate on March 9, 2010.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

OTHER BUSINESS

Senate Public Bills

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

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Wallin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, for the second reading of Bill S-209, An Act respecting a national day of service to honour the courage and sacrifice of Canadians in the face of terrorism, particularly the events of September 11, 2001.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Hubley moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Munson, 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. 4 to 11 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Commons Public Bills

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

Reports of Committees

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

Other

Orders No. 8 (inquiry), 26 (motion), 3 (inquiry), 28 (motion), 1, 5 and 4 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.

INQUIRIES

The Honourable Senator Raine called the attention of the Senate to the success of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games held in Vancouver, Richmond and Whistler from February 12 to 28 and, in particular, to how the performance of the Canadian athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games can inspire and motivate Canadians and especially children to become more fit and healthy.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Munson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hubley, 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 Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Rivard:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 4:31 p.m. the Senate was continued until 2 p.m. tomorrow.)

Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)

Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

The Honourable Senator Seidman replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C. (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Sibbeston replaced the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C. (April 13, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Mercer (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie replaced the Honourable Senator Martin (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Demers (April 13, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C. (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator Oliver (April 14, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Dyck (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Dickson (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Carignan replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (April 13, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

The Honourable Senator Cochrane replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (April 14, 2010).

Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (April 13, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Poulin replaced the Honourable Senator Downe (April 13, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Downe replaced the Honourable Senator Poulin (April 13, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

The Honourable Senator Meighen replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (April 13, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (April 13, 2010).

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Stratton replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (April 14, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen replaced the Honourable Senator Keon (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth replaced the Honourable Senator Champagne, P.C. (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (April 13, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Cordy (April 13, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

The Honourable Senator Carignan replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (April 14, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (April 13, 2010).