Journals of the Senate
2nd Session, 41st Parliament
Issue 65
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
2:00 p.m.
The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker
The Members convened were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Beyak, Black, Boisvenu, Buth, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McInnis, McIntyre, Mercer, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Watt, Wells, White
The Members in attendance to business were:
The Honourable Senators
Andreychuk, Ataullahjan, Baker, Batters, Bellemare, Beyak, Black, Boisvenu, Buth, Callbeck, Campbell, Carignan, Champagne, Chaput, Charette-Poulin, Cools, Cordy, Cowan, Dagenais, Dawson, Demers, Downe, Doyle, Dyck, Eaton, Eggleton, Enverga, Fraser, Frum, Furey, Gerstein, Greene, Hervieux-Payette, Housakos, Jaffer, Johnson, Joyal, Kenny, Kinsella, Lang, LeBreton, Lovelace Nicholas, MacDonald, Maltais, Manning, Marshall, Martin, Massicotte, McInnis, McIntyre, Mercer, Merchant, Meredith, Mitchell, Mockler, Moore, Munson, Nancy Ruth, Neufeld, Ngo, Nolin, Ogilvie, Oh, Patterson, Plett, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Rivard, Rivest, Robichaud, Runciman, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Smith (Cobourg), Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tannas, Tardif, Tkachuk, Unger, Verner, Wallace, Watt, Wells, White
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
Introduction and First Reading of Government Bills
A message was brought from the House of Commons with a Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in contraband tobacco), to which it desires the concurrence of the Senate.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth, 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.
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The Honourable Senator Martin introduced a Bill S-6, An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio- economic Assessment Act and the Nunavut Waters and Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal Act.
The bill was read the first time.
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, 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
Motions
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth:
That, immediately following the adoption of this motion, the Senate resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole in order to receive Mr. Daniel Therrien respecting his appointment as Privacy Commissioner;
That the Committee of the Whole report to the Senate no later than 2 hours after it begins.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
The Senate was accordingly adjourned during pleasure and put into a Committee of the Whole in order to receive Mr. Daniel Therrien respecting his appointment as Privacy Commissioner, the Honourable Senator Nolin in the Chair.
—In the Committee—
Pursuant to the order adopted earlier this day, Mr. Daniel Therrien was escorted to his seat in the Senate Chamber.
Debate.
Ordered, That the Committee rise, and that the Chair report that the Committee has heard the witness.
The sitting of the Senate resumed.
The Chair of the Committee informed the Senate that the Committee has heard the witness.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Motions
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Demers:
That, in accordance with subsection 53(1) of the Privacy Act, Chapter P-21, R.S.C. 1985, the Senate approve the appointment of Mr. Daniel Therrien as Privacy Commissioner.
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.
Bills — Second Reading
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Raine, seconded by the Honourable Senator LeBreton, P.C., for the second reading of Bill C-34, An Act to give effect to the Tla'amin Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Raine moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gerstein, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Reports of Committees — Other
Orders No. 1 and 2 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Consideration of the fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce (Subject matter of Bill C-31 (Parts 2, 3 and 4 and Divisions 2, 3, 4, 8, 13, 14, 19, 22, 24 and 25 of Part 6)), tabled in the Senate on May 29, 2014.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C., that further debate on the consideration of the 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.
With leave of the Senate,
The Honourable Senator Neufeld moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator LeBreton, P.C.:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources have the power to sit today, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 12-18(1) be suspended in relation thereto.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Reports of Committees — Other
Orders No. 5 to 7 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Martin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Greene:
That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to examine the subject matter of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, introduced in the House of Commons on February 6, 2014, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate;
And on the motion in amendment of the Honourable Senator Ogilvie, seconded by the Honourable Senator Patterson, that the motion be amended by adding, immediately before the final period, the following:
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That the committee be authorized to meet for the purposes of this study, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 12-18(1) be suspended in relation thereto;
That, notwithstanding rule 12-18(2)(a), the committee be also authorized to meet for the purposes of this study, even though the Senate may be then adjourned for more than a day but less than a week; and
That, pursuant to rule 12-18(2)(b)(i), the committee be also authorized to meet for the purposes of this study, even though the Senate may then be adjourned for more than a week''.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion in amendment, it was adopted, on division.
The question was then put on the motion, as amended, of the Honourable Senator Martin, seconded by the Honourable Senator Greene:
That, in accordance with rule 10-11(1), the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology be authorized to examine the subject matter of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, introduced in the House of Commons on February 6, 2014, in advance of the said bill coming before the Senate;
That the committee be authorized to meet for the purposes of this study, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that rule 12-18(1) be suspended in relation thereto;
That, notwithstanding rule 12-18(2)(a), the committee be also authorized to meet for the purposes of this study, even though the Senate may be then adjourned for more than a day but less than a week; and
That, pursuant to rule 12-18(2)(b)(i), the committee be also authorized to meet for the purposes of this study, even though the Senate may then be adjourned for more than a week.
The motion, as amended, was adopted on division.
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Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Other
Order No. 2 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Commons Public Bills — Third Reading
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Third reading of Bill C-394, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the National Defence Act (criminal organization recruitment).
The Honourable Senator Plett moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., that the bill be read the third time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Campbell moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, P.C. (Cobourg), 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. 3 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Senate Public Bills — Second Reading
Orders No. 1 to 7 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Second reading of Bill S-216, An Act to amend the Divorce Act (shared parenting plans).
The Honourable Senator Cools moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Segal, that the bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Cools moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Segal, 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. 9 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Commons Public Bills — Second Reading
Orders No. 1 to 9 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Reports of Committees — Other
Order No. 1 was called and postponed until the next sitting.
Motions
Orders No. 9, 56, 66, 55, 60, 8, 47 and 62 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Inquiries
Orders No. 8, 10, 29, 17, 13, 25, 26, 12, 22, 21, 16, 23, 5, 15, 7, 14, 18, 19 and 20 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
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Orders No. 24 and 2 were called and, pursuant to rule 4-15(2), dropped from the Order Paper.
INQUIRIES
The Honourable Senator Segal called the attention of the Senate to the contributions of our men and women in uniform and of Canadian civilians in their efforts in the 12 year-long mission in Afghanistan in the war on terrorism and to their support for the Afghan people.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marshall, 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 14-1(7):
Summaries of the Corporate Plan and the Operating and Capital Budget for 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 of the Business Development Bank of Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-523.
Summaries of the Corporate Plan for the period 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2014-2015 of PPP Canada Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-524.
Agreements for RCMP policing services (First Nations Community Policing Service) for the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Manitoba, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. R- 10, sbs. 20(5).—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-525.
Summaries of the Corporate Plan for the period 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 of The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-526.
Report of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, pursuant to the Patent Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-4, s. 26.—Sessional Paper No. 2/41-527.
Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2014-2018 for 2014 of the Canada Development Investment Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). —Sessional Paper No. 2/41-528.
ADJOURNMENT
The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth:
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
(Accordingly, at 5:56 p.m. the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.)
Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5
Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (June 2, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (May 29, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
The Honourable Senator Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 29, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Moore (May 29, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
The Honourable Senator Baker, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Mercer (June 2, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Honourable Senator Verner, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Rivard (May 29, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Hubley (May 30, 2014).
Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration
The Honourable Senator Munson replaced the Honourable Senator Charette-Poulin (May 29, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Fraser (May 29, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Cordy replaced the Honourable Senator Dawson (May 29, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Seth replaced the Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis (May 29, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Doyle (May 29, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The Honourable Senator Buth replaced the Honourable Senator Neufeld (May 29, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Dallaire (June 2, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Ringuette replaced the Honourable Senator Day (May 30, 2014).
Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages
The Honourable Senator Rivard replaced the Honourable Senator Fortin-Duplessis (June 2, 2014).
Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament
The Honourable Senator Fraser replaced the Honourable Senator Furey (June 2, 2014).