The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBeyakBlackBlack (Alberta)BoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauCampbellCarignanChristmasCormierDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDayDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonFrumFureyGagnéGriffinHarderHousakosJoyalLankinLovelace NicholasMacDonaldMaltaisMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcCoyMcInnisMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMunsonNgoOhOmidvarPattersonPetitclercPlettPoirierPratteRavaliaRichardsSaint-GermainSeidmanSinclairSmithTannasTkachukVernerWallinWetstonWhiteWoo

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBattersBellemare*BernardBeyakBlackBlack (Alberta)BoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauCampbellCarignanChristmas*CordyCormierDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDayDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)Dean*DowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEaton*ForestFrumFureyGagné*GoldGriffinHarder*HartlingHousakosJoyalLankinLovelace NicholasMacDonaldMaltais*ManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCallumMcCoyMcInnisMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMunsonNgoOhOmidvar*PatePattersonPetitclercPlettPoirierPratteRavaliaRichardsSaint-GermainSeidmanSinclairSmithTannasTkachukVernerWallinWetstonWhiteWoo

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 Mockler presented the following:

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

The Standing Senate Committee on National Finance has the honour to present its

THIRTY-THIRD REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-243, An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (reporting on unpaid income tax), has, in obedience to the order of reference of June 5, 2018, examined the said bill and now reports the same with the following amendments:

1.Clause 2, page 1:

(a)Replace line 7 with the following:

“2 (1) Subsection 88(2) of the Canada Revenue Agen-”; and

(b)replace lines 12 to 14 with the following:

“(2) Section 88 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

(3) Once every three years, commencing with the year that is three years after the coming into force of this subsection, the annual report required to be submitted under subsection (1) must include the statistics referred to in subsection 88.1(2) for the fiscal year that ends in the year that is three years before the year the annual report is submitted.”.

2.Clause 3, page 2: Replace line 17 with the following:

“(2) The Minister shall, for the purpose of subsection 88(3), collect, com-”.

Respectfully submitted,

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

Question Period

The Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Third Reading

Third reading of Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act.

The Honourable Senator Sinclair moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Pratte, that the bill be read for a third time.

After debate,

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

Orders No. 1 to 10 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Pratte, seconded by the Honourable Senator Coyle, for the second reading of Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Plett moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Day, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

Reports of Committees – Other

Order No. 12 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

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The Honourable Senator Black (Alberta) moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Woo:

That Order No. 16, under the heading Reports of Committees – Other be discharged from the Orders of the Day.

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

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Ordered, That Order No. 17, under the heading Reports of Committees – Other be discharged from the Orders of the Day.

Motions

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

Inquiries

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

Other Business

Bills – Messages from the House of Commons

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

Senate Public Bills – Third Reading

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

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator MacDonald, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tkachuk, for the third reading of Bill S-238, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (importation of shark fins), as amended.

The Honourable Senator Omidvar moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Woo, 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. 5 was called and postponed until the next sitting.

Senate Public Bills – Second Reading

Orders No. 1 to 11 were 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.

Private Bills – Second Reading

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

Reports of Committees – Other

Orders No. 1, 5 to 8, 50 and 96 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Motions

Orders No. 73, 89, 146, 158, 189, 215, 245, 286 and 302 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Doyle, seconded by the Honourable Senator Tannas:

That the Senate encourage the Government of Canada to work with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the only province whose major population centres are not physically linked to the mainland of Canada, to evaluate the possibility of building a tunnel connecting the Island of Newfoundland to Labrador and the Quebec North Shore, in an effort to facilitate greater economic development in Canada’s Northeast, and to further strengthen national unity, including the possibility of using funding from the infrastructure program for this work; and

That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that house with the above.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, 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. 325, 328, 357 and 358, and 371 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

Inquiries

Orders No. 8, 12, 20, 24, 26, 28, 36, and 39 and 40 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Order No. 42 was called and, pursuant to rule 4-15(2), dropped from the Order Paper and Notice Paper.

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Orders No. 43 and 44, 46 and 47, and 52 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

MOTIONS

The Honourable Senator Dyck moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lovelace Nicholas:

That, notwithstanding the order of the Senate adopted on Thursday, December 15, 2016, the date for the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in relation to its study on the new relationship between Canada and First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples be extended from October 31, 2018 to September 28, 2019.

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

INQUIRIES

The Honourable Senator Martin called the attention of the Senate to the career of the Honourable Senator Raine.

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Smith, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.

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

ADJOURNMENT

The Honourable Senator Bellemare moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C.:

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 3:41 p.m., the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.)

DOCUMENTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE SENATE PURSUANT TO RULE 14-1(7)

Report of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, together with the Auditors’ Report, for the year 2018, pursuant to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act, S.C. 2001, c. 23, sbs. 30(3).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2465.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for the period 2017-18 to 2021-22 of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2466.

Summary of the Corporate Plan for the period 2018-19 to 2022-23 of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2467.

Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2018-19 to 2022-23 and of the Capital and Operating Budgets for 2018-2019 of Defence Construction (1951) Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2468.

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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

The Honourable Senator Boyer replaced the Honourable Senator Boniface (October 3, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

The Honourable Senator Petitclerc replaced the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne (October 3, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Marwah (October 3, 2018).

Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

The Honourable Senator Dean replaced the Honourable Senator Forest (October 3, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on National Finance

The Honourable Senator Neufeld replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (October 2, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (October 2, 2018).

Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations

The Honourable Senator Campbell replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (October 3, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Honourable Senator Eaton was added to the membership (October 3, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Doyle replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (October 3, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

The Honourable Senator Dasko replaced the Honourable Senator Bovey (October 3, 2018).

The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (October 2, 2018).