Journals of the Senate
1st Session, 41st Parliament
Issue 140
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Batters, Bellemare, Black, Boisvenu, Braley, Brown, Buth, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dallaire, Dawson, De Bané, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, Joyal, Kenny, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, McInnis, McIntyre, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Ogilvie, Oh, Oliver, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, Wells, White, Zimmer
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Batters, Bellemare, Black, Boisvenu, Braley, Brown, Buth, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Comeau, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dallaire, Dawson, *Day, De Bané, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Duffy, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Finley, Fortin-Duplessis, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Housakos, Hubley, Jaffer, *Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McCoy, McInnis, McIntyre, *Mercer, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, *Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Ogilvie, Oh, Oliver, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Stratton, Tardif, Tkachuk, Verner, Wallace, Wallin, Watt, Wells, 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.
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
Tabling of Documents
The Honourable Senator Carignan tabled the following:
Copy of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's User Fee Proposal for Importer Licensing for Non-federally
Registered Sector Products, pursuant to the User Fees Act, S.C. 2004, c. 6, sbs. 4(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/41-1496.
(Pursuant to rule 12-8(2), this document is deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and
Forestry)
Introduction and First Reading of Senate Public Bills
The Honourable Senator Jaffer introduced a Bill S-216, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Criminal Code (mental health treatment).
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Jaffer moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Downe, 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 — Second Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Johnson, seconded by the Honourable Senator Raine, for the second reading of Bill S-14, An Act to amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Carignan moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Andreychuk, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 3 to 5 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Senate Public Bills — Third Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills — Third Reading
Third reading of Bill C-316, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration).
The Honourable Senator Boisvenu moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Braley, that the bill be read the third time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Eggleton, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cowan, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 2 and 3 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Senate Public Bills — Reports of Committees
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Senate Public Bills — Second Reading
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Harb, seconded by the Honourable Senator Poy, for the second reading of Bill S-210, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (commercial seal fishing).
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was negatived.
Order No. 4 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills — Second Reading
Orders No. 1 to 7 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees — Other
Orders No. 1 to 4 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Neufeld, seconded by the Honourable Senator Martin, for the adoption of the fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, entitled: Now or Never: Canada Must Act Urgently to Seize its Place in the New Energy World Order, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on July 18, 2012.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Motions
Orders No. 75 and 128 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Orders No. 61, 22, 57, 19, 44, 35, 59, 45, 9, 18 and 60 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Lovelace Nicholas, calling the attention of the Senate to the continuing tragedy of missing and murdered Aboriginal Women.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Callbeck, for the Honourable Senator Jaffer, moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 50, 40, 3 and 56 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Resuming consideration of the question of privilege of the Honourable Senator Cools, respecting the actions and words of a Library of Parliament Officer, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, as widely reported in last week's press, notably on Friday, February 22, 2013.
After debate,
The Speaker reserved his decision.
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.
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The Honourable Senator Wallace replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (February 26, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
The Honourable Senator Demers replaced the Honourable Senator Johnson (February 26, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Stewart Olsen (February 26, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator Ogilvie replaced the Honourable Senator Buth (February 26, 2013).
Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (February 26, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis (February 26, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis replaced the Honourable Senator Nolin (February 25, 2013).