The Members convened were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBernardBeyakBlackBlack (Alberta)BoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDayDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonForestForest-NiesingFrancisFrumFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHousakosJafferJoyalKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLankinLovelace NicholasMacDonaldMaltaisManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCoyMcInnisMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMunsonNgoOhOmidvarPatePattersonPlettPoirierPratteRavaliaRichardsSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSinclairSmithStewart OlsenTkachukVernerWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

The Members in attendance to business were:

The Honourable Senators

AndreychukAtaullahjanBattersBellemareBernardBeyakBlackBlack (Alberta)BoehmBoisvenuBonifaceBoveyBoyerBrazeauBussonCampbellCarignanChristmasCordyCormierCoyleDagenaisDalphondDaskoDawsonDayDeacon (Nova Scotia)Deacon (Ontario)DeanDowneDoyleDuffyDupuisDyckEatonForestForest-NiesingFrancisFrumFureyGagnéGalvezGoldGreeneGriffinHarderHousakosJafferJoyalKlyneLaBoucane-BensonLankinLovelace NicholasMacDonaldMaltaisManningMarshallMartinMarwahMassicotteMcCoyMcInnisMcIntyreMcPhedranMégieMercerMitchellMiville-DechêneMocklerMoncionMunsonNgoOhOmidvarPatePattersonPlettPoirierPratteRavaliaRichardsSaint-GermainSeidmanSimonsSinclairSmithStewart OlsenTkachukVernerWallinWellsWetstonWhiteWoo

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

Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees

The Honourable Senator Black (Alberta), Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, tabled the twenty-sixth report of the committee (Subject matter of Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2621S.

(Pursuant to the order adopted on November 7, 2018, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)

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The Honourable Senator Tkachuk, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications, tabled the fourteenth report of the committee (Subject matter of Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2622S.

(Pursuant to the order adopted on November 7, 2018, the report was deemed referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting.)

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The Honourable Senator Boniface presented the following:

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence has the honour to present its

TWENTIETH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-21, An Act to amend the Customs Act, has, in obedience to the order of reference of October 23, 2018, examined the said bill and now reports the same with the following amendment:

1.Clause 2, page 3: Replace line 18 with the following:

“collected under sections 92 and 93 shall be retained by the Agency for a period of not more than 15”.

Your committee has also made certain observations, which are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

Observations to the twentieth report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence (Bill C-21)

1.In light of the increased complexity of moving people and goods to Campobello Island, New Brunswick, from mainland Canada via the Lubec, Maine, land border crossing, the committee recommends that the Government of Canada work with the Government of New Brunswick to investigate the feasibility of year round ferry service with mainland New Brunswick.

2.The committee suggests that the Government of Canada explore and adopt further measures to prevent child abductions by including information on child custody restrictions in the current Canada Border Services Agency database, as well as all issued AMBER alerts.

3.The Mohawks of Akwesasne expressed border mobility concerns related to information sharing as a result of their unique geographical circumstances, where individuals can enter and exit Canada without having been processed by a Customs Port of Entry.

Therefore the committee recommends the following:

(a) That CBSA work with Employment and Social Development Canada and Indigenous Services Canada and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne to consider appropriate redress mechanisms related to eligibility for benefits, with a particular focus for residents of Tsi Snaihne and Kanatakon (St. Regis), Quebec.

(b) That the Government of Canada consider implementing a CBSA pre-clearance facility in Massena, New York, to enable residents of Cornwall Island to report to a Canada Border Services Agency Officer without entering the city of Cornwall.

Ordered, That the report be placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration later this day.

Tabling of Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

The Honourable Senator Jaffer tabled the following:

Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation respecting its participation at the 10th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from May 22 to 24, 2018.—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2623.

Orders of the Day

Government Business

Bills – Reports of Committees

Consideration of the twentieth report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence (Bill C-21, An Act to amend the Customs Act, with an amendment and observations), presented in the Senate on December 4, 2018.

The Honourable Senator Boniface moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Marwah, that the report be adopted.

After debate,

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

The Honourable Senator Coyle moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moncion, that the bill, as amended, be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting.

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

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Bills – Second Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Jaffer, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cordy, for the second reading of Bill C-48, An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil to or from ports or marine installations located along British Columbia’s north coast.

Debate.

With leave of the Senate,

The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., tabled the following:

Letter from Indigenous Chiefs and Leaders of the Northern British Columbia Coast addressed to the Honorable Peter Harder, P.C., Government Representative in the Senate, in support of Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act.—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2624S.

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.

Question Period

Pursuant to the order adopted on November 29, 2018, the Senate proceeded to Question Period.

Pursuant to the order adopted on December 10, 2015, the Honourable  Bill Morneau, P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance, entered the Senate and took part in Question Period.

Bills – Second Reading

Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Bovey, seconded by the Honourable Senator Harder, P.C., for the second reading of Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act.

After debate,

The Honourable Senator Martin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator MacDonald, 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. 3 to 7 were called and postponed until the next sitting.

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Second reading of Bill C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures.

The Honourable Senator Pratte moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Day, that the bill be read the second time.

After debate,

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

The bill was then read the second time.

The Honourable Senator Pratte moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Sinclair, that the bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance.

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

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With leave,

The Senate reverted to Presenting or Tabling Reports from Committees.

The Honourable Senator Andreychuk presented the following:

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade has the honour to present its

TWENTY-FIRST REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-47, An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments), has, in obedience to the order of reference of Wednesday, October 31, 2018, examined the said bill and now reports the same without amendment but with certain observations, which are appended to this report.

Respectfully submitted,

Observations

to the twenty-first report of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Bill C-47)

The committee agrees to follow up with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and any witnesses deemed necessary on issues raised during the testimonies heard on Bill C-47.

The Honourable Senator Saint-Germain moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Woo, that the bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for third reading at the next sitting.

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

ADJOURNMENT

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

That the Senate do now adjourn.

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

(Accordingly, at 6 p.m., the Senate was continued until tomorrow at 2 p.m.)

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

Progress Report of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy for the year 2018, pursuant to the Federal Sustainable Development Act, S.C. 2008, c. 33, sbs. 7(2).—Sessional Paper No. 1/42-2620.

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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 12-5

Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce

The Honourable Senator Deacon (Nova Scotia) replaced the Honourable Senator Deacon (Ontario) (December 4, 2018).

Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector

The Honourable Senator Black (Ontario) replaced the Honourable Senator Black (Alberta) (December 4, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

The Honourable Senator Massicotte replaced the Honourable Senator Woo (December 4, 2018).

Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne (December 4, 2018).

The Honourable Senator McPhedran replaced the Honourable Senator Coyle (December 4, 2018).

Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament

The Honourable Senator Gold replaced the Honourable Senator Ringuette (December 4, 2018).