61 Elizabeth II, A.D. 2012, Canada

Journals of the Senate

1st Session, 41st Parliament

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Issue 75

Thursday, May 3, 2012
1:30 p.m.

The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker

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The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, Ataullahjan, Baker, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Brown, Buth, Callbeck, Campbell, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dallaire, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Eaton, Fairbairn, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kinsella, Lang, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oliver, Patterson, Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, White, Zimmer

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

Andreychuk, Angus, Ataullahjan, Baker, Boisvenu, Braley, Brazeau, Brown, Buth, Callbeck, Campbell, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cochrane, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dallaire, Dawson, Day, De Bané, Demers, Di Nino, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Eaton, Fairbairn, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kinsella, Lang, Losier-Cool, MacDonald, Mahovlich, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oliver, Patterson, Peterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, *Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Seidman, Sibbeston, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, *Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, 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.

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 fifth report (study on Matrimonial Real Property).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-867S.

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The Honourable Senator Jaffer, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, presented its sixth report (budget—study on the rights of off-reserve Aboriginal Peoples—power to hire staff and to travel).

(The report is printed as an appendix at pages 1231-1238.)

The Honourable Senator Jaffer moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Ringuette, 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

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

Inquiries

Order No. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

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

That, in accordance with rule 74(1), the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to examine the subject-matter of all of Bill C-38, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures, introduced in the House of Commons on April 26, 2012, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate;

That the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance be authorized to sit for the purposes of its study of the subject-matter of Bill C-38 even though the Senate may then be sitting, with the application of rule 95(4) being suspended in relation thereto; and

That, in addition, and notwithstanding any normal practice, the following committees be separately authorized to examine the subject-matter of the following elements contained in Bill C-38 in advance of it coming before the Senate:

(a) the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: those elements contained in Part 3;

(b) the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce: those elements contained in Divisions 2, 10, 11, 22, 28, and 36 of Part 4;

(c) the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence: those elements contained in Division 12 of Part 4;

(d) the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications: those elements contained in Division 41 of Part 4; and

(e) the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology: those elements contained in Division 54 of Part 4.

After debate,

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

OTHER BUSINESS

Senate Public Bills

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

Commons Public Bills

Second reading of Bill C-310, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons).

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Braley, that the bill be read the second time.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Jaffer moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser, 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. 2 and 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. 40, 26 (inquiries), 75 (motion), 27, 20, 35, 41 (inquiries), 81 (motion) and 39 (inquiry) were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Frum, calling the attention of the Senate to egregious human rights abuses in Iran, particularly the use of torture and the cruel and inhuman treatment of unlawfully incarcerated political prisoners.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Cools moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moore, 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. 61 (motion), 3 (inquiry), 19 (motion), 32, 38, 33, 29, 11, 19, 30, 18, 22 and 9 (inquiries) were called and postponed until the next sitting.

INQUIRIES

The Honourable Senator Mockler called the attention of the Senate to Hunger Awareness Week, an initiative of the Food Banks of Canada from May 7-11, 2012 and the challenge calling on Parliamentarians to fast on May 9, 2012 in order to experience what hunger feels like for hundreds of thousands of Canadians.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Hubley 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.

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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 Wallace:

That when the Senate adjourns today, it do stand adjourned until Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 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):

Statutes of the Northwest Territories for the First Session of the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly, pursuant to the Northwest Territories Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. N-27, sbs. 21(1).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-865.

Report on Northern oil and gas for the year ended December 31, 2011, pursuant to the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 36 (2nd Supp.), s. 109.—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-866.

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Comeau 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 2:46 p.m. the Senate was continued until Tuesday, May 8 at 2 p.m.)

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