59 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2010, Canada

Journals of the Senate

3rd Session, 40th Parliament

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Issue 17

Thursday, April 15, 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, Carstairs, Chaput, Comeau, Cools, Cowan, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Di Nino, Dickson, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Keon, Kinsella, Kochhar, Lang, Lapointe, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Smith, Stewart Olsen, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, Wallin, Watt

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

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

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

The Senate observed a minute of silence in honour of the tragic loss sustained by the Republic of Poland with the death, on April 10, 2010, of its President, Lech Kaczynski, along with Polish political, military and civil society leaders.

SENATORS' STATEMENTS

Tributes

Tribute was paid to the Honourable Jean-Robert Gauthier, former Senator, whose death occurred on December 10, 2009.

Senators' Statements

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of documents

The Honourable Senator Comeau tabled the following:

Canadian Security Intelligence Service's Public Report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-145.

Presentation of Reports from Standing or Special Committees

The Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, tabled its second report entitled: Controlling Canada's Arctic Waters: Role of the Canadian Coast Guard.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-146S.

The Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser, that the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.

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

ORDERS OF THE DAY

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Bills

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

Inquiries

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

Motions

The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Di Nino:

That, for the remainder of the current session,

(a) when the Senate sits on a Wednesday or a Thursday, it shall sit at 1:30 p.m. notwithstanding rule 5(1)(a);

(b) when the Senate sits on a Wednesday, it stand adjourned at 4 p.m., unless it has been suspended for the purpose of taking a deferred vote or has earlier adjourned; and

(c) when a vote is deferred until 5:30 p.m. on a Wednesday, the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings, immediately prior to any adjournment but no later than 4 p.m., to suspend the sitting until 5:30 p.m. for the taking of the deferred vote, and that committees be authorized to meet during the period that the sitting is suspended.

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

OTHER BUSINESS

Senate Public Bills

Orders No. 1 to 6 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Second reading of Bill S-206, An Act to establish gender parity on the board of directors of certain corporations, financial institutions and parent Crown corporations.

The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., that the bill be read the second time.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, 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. 8 to 11 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Commons Public Bills

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

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Second reading of Bill C-464, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (justification for detention in custody).

The Honourable Senator Banks moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moore, that the bill be read the second time.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Marshall moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Rivard, 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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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Martin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lang, for the second reading of Bill C-268, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years).

A point of order was raised with respect to the acceptability of Bill C-268.

After debate,

The Speaker reserved his decision.

Reports of Committees

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

Other

Order No. 2 (inquiry) was called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Finley, calling the attention of the Senate to the issue of the erosion of Freedom of Speech in our country.

After debate,

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

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

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

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With leave,

The Senate reverted to Government Notices of Motions.

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Di Nino:

That when the Senate adjourns today, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at 2 p.m.

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

REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 28(2):

Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 and the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2009-2010 of the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). —Sessional Paper No. 3/40-142.

Summaries of the Corporate Plan for the period 2009-2014 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2009-2010 of PPP Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-143.

Summaries of the Amended Corporate Plan for 2009-2010 to 2013-2014 and the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2009-2010 of the Canada Lands Company Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). —Sessional Paper No. 3/40-144.

ADJOURNMENT

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 4:35 p.m. the Senate was continued until Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at 2 p.m.)

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

Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Seidman (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (April 15, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

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

The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (April 14, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C. (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Oliver (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Oliver replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (April 15, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources

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

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

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Stollery (April 15, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (April 15, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Champagne, P.C. (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Brazeau (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Champagne, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Keon replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Merchant (April 14, 2010).

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

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan (April 15, 2010).