61 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2012, Canada

Journals of the Senate

1st Session, 41st Parliament

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Issue 66

Monday, April 2, 2012
6:00 p.m.

The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin, Acting Speaker

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The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Brown, Buth, Callbeck, Carignan, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Day, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Fairbairn, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Greene, Harb, Housakos, Hubley, Joyal, Lang, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, McCoy, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nolin, Ogilvie, Patterson, Peterson, Plett, Raine, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Sibbeston, Smith (Saurel), St. Germain, Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, White, Zimmer

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, *Ataullahjan, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Brown, Buth, Callbeck, Carignan, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, *Dawson, Day, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Fairbairn, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Greene, Harb, Housakos, Hubley, *Jaffer, Joyal, Lang, LeBreton, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, McCoy, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nolin, Ogilvie, *Oliver, Patterson, Peterson, Plett, Raine, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Sibbeston, Smith (Saurel), St. Germain, Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, White, 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.

The Clerk at the Table informed the Senate that the Honourable the Speaker and the Honourable the Speaker pro tempore were unavoidably absent.

The Honourable Senator LeBreton, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cowan:

That during the absence of the Honourable the Speaker and the Honourable the Speaker pro tempore, the Honourable Senator Nolin do preside as Speaker.

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

Whereupon the Honourable Senator Nolin took the Chair.

PRAYERS

SENATORS' STATEMENTS

Some Honourable Senators made statements.

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of Documents

The Honourable Senator Carignan tabled the following:

(1) ''Budget 2012—Economic Action Plan 2012: Jobs, Growth, and Long-Term Prosperity'';

(2) ''The Budget in Brief 2012'';

(3) ''Jobs and Opportunities for Canadians'';

(4) ''Do you already receive Old Age Security? Then these changes don't affect you''; and

(5) ''Eliminating the Penny''.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-794.

Presentation of Reports from Standing or Special Committees

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, presented its eighth report (budget—study on the 2004, 10 year plan to strengthen health care).

(The report is printed as Appendix ''A'' at pages 1072-1077.)

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C., 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.

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The Honourable Senator Ogilvie, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, presented its ninth report (budget—study on social inclusion and cohesion in Canada—power to hire staff).

(The report is printed as Appendix ''B'' at pages 1078-1083.)

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Duffy, 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.

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The Honourable Senator Ogilvie, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, presented its tenth report (budget—study on prescription pharmaceuticals in Canada—power to hire staff).

(The report is printed as Appendix ''C'' at pages 1084-1089.)

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Mockler, 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.

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The Honourable Senator Day, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance, presented its ninth report (budget—study on the potential reasons for price discrepancies in respect of certain goods between Canada and the United States).

(The report is printed as Appendix ''D'' at pages 1090-1097.)

The Honourable Senator Day moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., 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.

Reading of Petitions for Private Bills

The third report of the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills was tabled (Sessional Paper No. 1/41-795S) and reads as follows:

Monday, April 2, 2012

Pursuant to Rule 107(2), the Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills has the honour to present her

THIRD 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 Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and Financial Services Inc., of the City of Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia; praying for the passage of an Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and Financial Services Inc. to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec.

Respectfully submitted,

HEATHER P. LANK

Examiner of Petitions for Private Bills

The following petition was read and received:

Of Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and Financial Services Inc., of the City of Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia; praying for the passage of an Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and Financial Services Inc. to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec.

Introduction and First Reading of Private Bills

The Honourable Senator Comeau presented a Bill S-1003, An Act to authorize Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and Financial Services Inc. to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec.

The bill was read the first time.

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

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

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Third reading of Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act.

The Honourable Senator Lang moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, that the bill be read the third time.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Tardif, for the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., 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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Second reading of Bill S-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code.

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, that the bill be read the second time.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Tardif 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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Order No. 4 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

OTHER BUSINESS

Senate Public Bills

Orders No. 1 to 4 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 8 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Other

Orders No. 32, 30, 18, 22 (inquiries), 19 (motion), 9, 33, 34, 20, 23, 24, 29, 25, 27 (inquiries), 61 (motion), 3 and 11 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Callbeck, calling the attention of the Senate to the inequities of the Old Age Security Allowance for unattached, low-income seniors aged 60-64 years.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Carignan 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.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., calling the attention of the Senate to the 2009 poverty reduction strategy of New Brunswick.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Tardif moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Munson, that further debate on the inquiry 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):

Report on the administration of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. M-5, s. 67.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-785.

Report on the Public Service Pension Plan, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Public Service Superannuation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-36, s. 46.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-786.

Report on the administration of the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-24, s. 12.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-787.

Report on the administration of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Account, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. R-11, s. 31.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-788.

Report on operations under the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act for the year 2011, pursuant to the Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. B-7, s. 13.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-789.

Report on operations under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act for the year 2011, pursuant to the Act, S.C. 1991, c. 12, s. 7.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-790.

Report on the status of wild species in Canada for 2010, pursuant to the Species at Risk Act, S.C. 2002, c. 29, s. 128. —Sessional Paper No. 1/41-791.

Agreements for RCMP policing services made between Canada and the Municipalities of Windsor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick; Killarney-Turtle Mountain, Manitoba; and Cold Lake, Devon, Grande- Prairie, St. Albert, Strathcona County and Whitecourt, Alberta, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-792.

Agreements for RCMP policing services made between Canada and the Municipalities of Parrsboro, Pictou and Shelburne, Nova Scotia; Bouctouche, Campbellton, Oromocto and Richibucto, New Brunswick; Gimli, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Roblin, The Pas and Thompson, Manitoba; and Airdrie, Canmore, Chestermere, Drayton Valley, Fort Saskatchewan, Red Deer and Stettler, Alberta, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. R- 10, sbs. 20(5).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-793.

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 8:04 p.m. the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 2 p.m.)

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

Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (March 29, 2012).

Special Senate Committee on Anti-terrorism

The Honourable Senator Peterson replaced the Honourable Senator Dallaire (March 29, 2012).

Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (March 29, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Di Nino replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (March 29, 2012).

Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

The Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (March 29, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Angus replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (March 29, 2012).

Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages

The Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Tardif. (March 30, 2012).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Campbell (March 29, 2012).

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