Journals of the Senate
60 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2011, Canada
Journals of the Senate
1st Session, 41st Parliament
Issue 32
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Angus, Ataullahjan, Baker, Banks, Boisvenu, Brazeau, Brown, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dallaire, Dawson, De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Downe, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Joyal, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oliver, Patterson, Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Zimmer
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Angus, Ataullahjan, Baker, Banks, Boisvenu, Brazeau, Brown, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dallaire, Dawson, *Day, De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Downe, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Fairbairn, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Joyal, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, Meighen, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oliver, Patterson, Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, 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
Presentation of Reports from Standing or Special Committees
The Honourable Senator Jaffer, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, tabled its third report entitled, The Sexual Exploitation of Children in Canada: the Need for National Action.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-597S.
The Honourable Senator Jaffer moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Chaput, 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.
Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills
The Honourable Senator Carignan presented a Bill S-5, An Act to amend the law governing financial institutions and to provide for related and consequential matters.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poirier, 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.
Reading of Petitions for Private Bills
The second report of the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills was tabled (Sessional Paper No. 1/41-598S) and reads as follows:
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Pursuant to Rule 107(2), the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills has the honour to present her
SECOND REPORT
Your Examiner has duly examined the following petition and finds that the requirements of the Rules of the Senate have been complied with in all material respects:—
Of the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation, of the City of Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia; praying for the passage of an Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Company to apply to be continued as a corporation under the laws of Quebec.
Respectfully submitted,
HEATHER P. LANK
Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills
The following petition was read and received:
Of the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation, of the City of Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia; praying for the passage of an Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Company to apply to be continued as a corporation under the laws of Quebec.
Introduction and First Reading of Private Bills
The Honourable Senator Meighen presented a Bill S-1002, An Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Meighen moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Seidman, 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
Third reading of Bill C-22, An Act to give effect to the Agreement between the Crees of Eeyou Istchee and Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada concerning the Eeyou Marine Region.
The Honourable Senator Patterson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mockler, that the bill be read the 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.
Inquiries
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Order No. 17 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Plett, seconded by the Honourable Senator Patterson:
That, in accordance with rule 74(1), the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry be authorized to examine the subject-matter of Bill C-18, An Act to reorganize the Canadian Wheat Board and to make consequential and related amendments to certain Acts, introduced in the House of Commons on October 18, 2011, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate;
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Chaput, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mahovlich, that this motion not now be adopted, but that it be amended by adding:
"and, if the Committee decides to hold hearings on the subject matter of Bill C-18, it give consideration to hearing from all the thirteen current Directors of the Canadian Wheat Board.''.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Mockler moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Wallace, that further debate on the motion in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Second reading of Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (carbon offset tax credit).
The Honourable Senator Mitchell moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Banks, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Raine moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gerstein, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
MESSAGES FROM THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS
A message was brought from the House of Commons to return Bill S-3, A third Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law,
And to acquaint the Senate that the Commons has passed this bill, without amendment.
At 4 p.m., pursuant to the order adopted by the Senate on October 18, 2011, the Senate adjourned until 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.
REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE
CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT
TO RULE 28(2):
Report of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission on the operation of the National Do Not Call List for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Telecommunications Act, S.C., 1993, c. 38, s. 41.6.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-596.
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
The Honourable Senator Harb replaced the Honourable Senator Watt (November 22, 2011).
Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
The Honourable Senator Zimmer replaced the Honourable Senator Dyck (November 22, 2011).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator Stratton replaced the Honourable Senator Dickson (November 22, 2011).
The Honourable Senator Dickson replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (November 22, 2011).
Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages
The Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (November 22, 2011).
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
The Honourable Senator Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Braley (November 22, 2011).