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The Honourable Senators
Anderson Andreychuk Atkins Austin Bacon Beaudoin Berntson Bonnell Bosa Bryden
Carstairs Cochrane Cogger Comeau Cools Corbin DeWare Doyle Fairbairn Forest
Gigantès Grafstein Graham Gustafson Haidasz Hays Hébert
Hervieux-Payette Jessiman Johnson Kelleher Kelly Kenny Keon Kolber Landry
Lavoie-Roux Lawson LeBreton Lewis Losier-Cool Lucier Lynch-Staunton MacDonald (Halifax)
Maheu Mercier Milne Moore Nolin Oliver Ottenheimer Pearson Pépin Perrault
Petten Phillips Pitfield Prud'homme Rivest Rizzuto Roberge Robertson Rompkey
Rossiter Simard Sparrow Spivak Stanbury Stewart Stollery Stratton Taylor Wood
PRAYERS
The Honourable Senator Carstairs moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Lewis, that the Bill be placed on theOrders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Stewart, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs , presented its Seventh Report(Bill C-77, An Act concerning an order under the International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act) without amendment.
The Honourable Senator Stewart moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Grafstein, that the Bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., for the Honourable Senator Kirby, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, tabled its Fifteenth Report, entitled: Summary of Concerns Regarding the Harmonized Sales Tax.-Sessional Paper No. 2/35-673S.
The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Petten, 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.
The Honourable Senator Gustafson, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, presented itsSixth Report (Bill C-34, An Act to establish programs for the marketing of agricultural products, to repeal the Agricultural Products Board Act, the Agricultural Products Cooperative Marketing Act, the Advance Payments for Crops Act and the Prairie Grain Advance Payments Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts) without amendment.
The Honourable Senator Hays moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Rizzuto, that the Bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Gustafson, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, presented itsFifth Report (Bill C-38, An Act to provide for mediation between insolvent farmers and their creditors, to amend the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administration Monetary Penalties Act and to repeal the Farm Debt Review Act) without amendment.
The Honourable Senator Taylor moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Perrault, P.C., that the Bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator DeWare presented the following:
Wednesday, April 23, 1997
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to present its
SIXTEENTH REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred the Bill C-84, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration Act, has, in obedience to its Order of Reference of Monday, April 21, 1997, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment, but with the following recommendation:
That the Government of Canada establish, under the legislation, regulations to ensure that any review conducted by a retired judge of a superior court acting in place of the Security Intelligence Review Committee is completed within a period of time agreed upon in advance by the judge and the Minister requesting the review.
Respectfully submitted,
MABEL M. DeWARE
Chairman
The Honourable Senator Gigantès moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Grafstein, that the Bill be placed on the Orders of the Day for a third reading at the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Stanbury moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Austin, P.C., that the Bill be read thesecond time.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Stanbury moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Austin, P.C., that the Bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Second reading of Bill C-92, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Application Rules and another Act related to the Income Tax Act.
The Honourable Senator Gigantès moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Grafstein, that the Bill be read the second time.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Honourable Senator Gigantès moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Grafstein, that the Bill be referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Third reading of Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General.
The Honourable Senator Moore moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Stewart, that the Bill be read the third time.
After debate,
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate have passed this Bill, without amendment.
Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Gigantès, seconded by the Honourable Senator Cools, for the third reading of Bill C-32, An Act to amend the Copyright Act.
After debate,
The Honourable Senator DeWare for the Honourable Senator Kinsella moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Keon, that further debate on the motion be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
That, in accordance with subsection 54(3) of the Act to extend the present laws of Canada that provide access to information under the control of the Government of Canada, Chapter A-1, of the Revised Statutes of Canada 1985, the Senate approve the re-appointment of John Grace as Information Commissioner, to hold office until December 31, 1997.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C., moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Graham, that the Bill be read thethird time.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Bill was then read the third time and passed.
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate have passed this Bill, without amendment.
Consideration of the Fifteenth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology entitled: Steadying the Course, tabled in the Senate on April 22, 1997.
The Honourable Senator DeWare moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Doyle, that the Report be adopted.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Consideration of the Third Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries (budget-study on privatization and quota licensing in Canada's Fisheries), presented in the Senate on April 22, 1997.
The Honourable Senator DeWare for the Honourable Senator Comeau moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Johnson, that the Report be adopted.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
Orders No. 6 to 9 were called and postponed until the next sitting.
Order No. 15 (inquiry) was called and pursuant to Rule 27(3) was dropped from the Order Paper.
Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Cohen, calling the attention of the Senate to the Report entitled: "Sounding the Alarm: Poverty in Canada".
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Bosa moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Hébert, that further debate on the inquiry be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
That the Senate encourage the federal government and the provincial government of Ontario to work together to find a just and generous solution which will ensure that theMontfort Hospital may continue to serve its local minority language community and minority French language communities throughout Canada.
After debate,
In amendment, the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Taylor, that the motion be not now adopted but that it be amended by striking out the words "the federal government and the provincial government of Ontario" and by substituting the following:
"all the decision-makers".
After debate,
The Honourable Senator Beaudoin moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Jessiman, that further debate on the motion in amendment be adjourned until the next sitting.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
The Honourable Senator Carstairs for the Honourable Senator Anderson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Taylor:
That the sub-committee on Boreal Forest of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry have power to sit at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 1997, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and that Rule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.
With leave of the Senate and pursuant to Rule 30, the motion was modified to read as follows:
That the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry have power to sit at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 1997, for the purpose of hearing witnesses on its study on Boreal Forest, even though the Senate may then be sitting, and thatRule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.
The question being put on the motion as modified, it was adopted.
Report on Operations under the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act for 1996, pursuant to the Act to amend the Bretton Woods Agreements Act and to amend certain other Acts in consequence thereof, R.S.C. 1985, c. 24 (1st Supp),s. 7.-Sessional Paper No. 2/35-669.
Strategy for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture and Agri-food Development in Canada and Production Trends and Environmental Issues in Canada's Agriculture and Agri-food Sector, pursuant to the Act to amend the Auditor General Act, S.C. 1995, c. 43, sbs. 24(1).-Sessional Paper No. 2/35-670.
Sustainable Development Strategy Public Works and Government Services Canada, pursuant to the Act to amend the Auditor General Act, S.C. 1995, c. 43, sbs. 24(1).-Sessional Paper No. 2/35-671.
Report of the Royal Canadian Mint, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year 1996, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). -Sessional Paper No. 2/35-672.
That the Senate do now adjourn.
The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Changes in Membership of Committees Pursuant to Rule 85(4)
Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
The name of the Honourable Senator Moore substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Taylor (April 23).
Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
The name of the Honourable Senator Rossiter substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (April 23).
