59 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2010, Canada

Journals of the Senate

3rd Session, 40th Parliament

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Issue 54

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
1:30 p.m.

The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker

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The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, Ataullahjan, Banks, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Brown, Callbeck, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dallaire, Day, De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Dickson, Downe, Duffy, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Joyal, Kinsella, Lang, Lapointe, LeBreton, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mitchell, Mockler, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ogilvie, Patterson, Pépin, Peterson, Plett, Poy, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Smith, Stewart Olsen, Stollery, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Wallace, Wallin

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, Ataullahjan, Banks, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Brown, Callbeck, Carignan, *Carstairs, Champagne, Chaput, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dallaire, *Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Dickson, Downe, Duffy, *Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, *Hubley, Joyal, Kinsella, Lang, Lapointe, LeBreton, *Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Mercer, Merchant, Mitchell, Mockler, Munson, Murray, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ogilvie, *Oliver, Patterson, Pépin, Peterson, Plett, *Poirier, Poy, *Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, *Sibbeston, Smith, *St. Germain, 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

SENATORS' STATEMENTS

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of Documents

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Callbeck tabled the following:

Legal opinion as to proposed amendments to the Canada Pension Plan for retroactivity of retirement and survivor pensions, dated December 4, 2008, written by Benoit M. Duchesne from Heenan Blaikie.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-706S.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

Bills

Orders No. 1 to 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

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

OTHER BUSINESS

Senate Public Bills

Orders No. 1 to 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., seconded by the Honourable Senator Tardif, for the second reading of Bill S-204, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children).

After debate,
The Honourable Senator Plett moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Patterson, 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. 7 and 8 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Commons Public Bills

Orders No. 1 to 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Reports of Committees

Orders No. 1 to 8 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Other

Orders No. 14, 3, 11, 16, 5, 8, 2, 10, 15, 12 (inquiries), 38 (motion), 13 (inquiry), 57 (motion), 7, 18 and 17 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Finley, seconded by the Honourable Senator Greene:

That the Senate condemns last Friday's barbaric attacks on worshippers at two Ahmadiyya Mosques in Lahore, Pakistan;

That it expresses its condolences to the families of those injured and killed; and

That it urges the Pakistani authorities to ensure equal rights for members of minority communities, while ensuring that the perpetrators of these horrendous attacks are brought to justice.

After debate,
The Honourable Senator Tardif, for the Honourable Senator Jaffer, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Ringuette, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

MOTIONS

The Honourable Senator Ringuette moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Munson:

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine and report on the use by the Government of Canada of temporary staffing agencies to fill Public Service jobs;

That, in conducting such study, the committee take particular note of:

The approximate $300 million annually that is charged to the Canadian taxpayer by agencies to staff Public Service positions;

Whether the use of such agencies has allowed the circumvention of geographic, linguistic and merit rules in the hiring process;

The cost to Public Service employees for the use of services provided by temporary staffing agencies;

Its impact on the ability of a sound, stable Public Service to provide services to Canadians; and

That the committee submit its final report to the Senate no later than December 31, 2010, and that the committee retain all powers necessary to publicize its findings for 180 days after the tabling of the final report.

After debate,
With leave of the Senate, the motion was withdrawn.

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The Honourable Senator Runciman moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen:

That in the opinion of the Senate, the government should consider the establishment of a tuition fund for the families of federal public safety officers who lose their lives in the line of duty and that such a fund should mirror the provisions of the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers' Survivors Scholarship Fund, in place in the province of Ontario since 1997.

After debate,
The Honourable Senator Fraser moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tardif, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

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

Reports of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-699.

Report of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, pursuant to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 18 (3rd Supp.), Part I, s. 40.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-700.

Report of the Public Service Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act, S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12 "23" and 13.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-701.

Report of the Public Service Commission entitled "Public Service Commission Audit Reports 2010", pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act, S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12 ``23'' and 13. —Sessional Paper No. 3/40-702.

Report of the Public Service Commission entitled "Audit of appointments from collective staffing processes", pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act, S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12 ``23'' and 13.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-703.

Report of the Public Service Commission entitled "Use of Temporary Help Services in Public Service Organizations", pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act, S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12 "23" and 13.—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-704.

Reports of the Office of Infrastructure of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2).—Sessional Paper No. 3/40-705.

ADJOURNMENT

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 2:41 p.m. the Senate was continued until 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.)

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

Special Senate Committee on Anti-terrorism

The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (October 5, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Brown replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (October 6, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Kochhar (October 5, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (October 6, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Johnson replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (October 6, 2010).

The Honourable Senator De Bané, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (October 5, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (October 5, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (October 5, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights

The Honourable Senator Hubley replaced the Honourable Senator Mitchell (October 5, 2010).

Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Greene (October 6, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Poulin (October 5, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Finley (October 5, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Finley replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (October 5, 2010).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

The Honourable Senator Meighen replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (October 6, 2010).