Journals of the Senate
59 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2010, Canada
Journals of the Senate
3rd Session, 40th Parliament
Issue 25
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Angus, Baker, Boisvenu, Brazeau, Carignan, Carstairs, Champagne, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Dallaire, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Downe, Duffy, Eaton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Keon, Kinsella, Kochhar, Lang, Losier-Cool, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mockler, Moore, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ogilvie, Patterson, Pépin, Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Poy, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Runciman, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith, Stewart Olsen, Stollery, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, Wallin
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Angus, Baker, Boisvenu, Brazeau, Carignan, Carstairs, Champagne, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Dallaire, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Downe, Duffy, Eaton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fox, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Keon, Kinsella, Kochhar, Lang, Losier-Cool, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mockler, Moore, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, *Nolin, Ogilvie, Patterson, Pépin, Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Poy, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Rompkey, Runciman, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith, Stewart Olsen, Stollery, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, Wallin
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
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
At 1:36 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted on April 29, 2010, the Senate was adjourned during pleasure and put into a Committee of the Whole in order to receive Bogdan Borusewicz, Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, accompanied by other Polish parliamentarians and the Ambassador of Poland to Canada, the Honourable Senator Kinsella in the Chair.
—In the Committee—
Pursuant to the order adopted on April 29, 2010, Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz was escorted into the Senate Chamber accompanied by a delegation of Polish parliamentarians and the Ambassador of Poland to Canada.
Debate.
Ordered, That the Committee rise, and that the Chair report that the Committee has heard from Speaker Borusewicz.
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The sitting of the Senate resumed.
The Chair of the Committee informed the Senate that the Committee has heard from Speaker Borusewicz.
SENATORS' STATEMENTS
Some Honourable Senators made statements.
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills
The Honourable Senator Comeau presented a Bill S-10, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mockler, 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.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
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 Carignan, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fortin- Duplessis, for the second reading of Bill S-6, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and another Act.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted on division.
The bill was then read the second time on division.
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis, 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.
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Order No. 4 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Comeau, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, for the second reading of Bill S-4, An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nation reserves and matrimonial interests or rights in or to structures and lands situated on those reserves.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wallace, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Inquiries
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Orders No. 1 to 9 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills
Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees
Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Orders No. 8, 5, 12 (inquiries), 38 (motion), 7 (inquiry), 37 (motion), 6 (inquiry), 19 (motion), 2, 9 (inquiries), 26 (motion), 3 (inquiry), 28 (motion) and 1 (inquiry) were called and postponed until the next sitting.
REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 28(2):
Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2009-2014 and of the Operating Budget for 2009-2010 of the Cape Breton Development Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-199.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Greene:
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
(Accordingly, at 3:53 p.m. the Senate was continued until 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.)
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
The Honourable Senator Segal replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Merchant replaced the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C. (May 4, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C. (May 5, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
The Honourable Senator Martin replaced the Honourable Senator Brown (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Brown replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Runciman replaced the Honourable Senator Brown (May 4, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Wallin (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Stratton replaced the Honourable Senator Segal (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (May 5, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
The Honourable Senator Kochhar replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 5, 2010).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The Honourable Senator Tardif replaced the Honourable Senator Munson (May 4, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Dawson replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (May 4, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Gerstein replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Peterson (May 4, 2010).
Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Segal (May 5, 2010).
Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
The Honourable Senator Oliver replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Brown replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (May 5, 2010).
The Honourable Senator Carignan replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (May 5, 2010).