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Thursday, June 4, 1998 CANADA 1st SESSION 36th PARLIAMENT VOLUME 137 NUMBER 68 OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Thursday, June 4, 1998 THE HONOURABLE GILDAS L. MOLGAT SPEAKER CONTENTS (Daily index of proceedings appears at back of this issue.) Debates: Victoria Building, Room 407, Tel. 996-0397 Published by the Senate Available from Canada Communication Group — Publishing, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa K1A 0S9, at $1.75 per copy or $158 per year. Also available on the Internet: http://www.parl.gc.ca 1635 THE SENATE Thursday, June 4, 1998 The Senate met at 2:00 p.m., the Hon. the Acting Speaker and extended parents, in recognition of his outstanding work in Eymard G. Corbin in the Chair. the promotion of human equality, family law and social policy. He has also come out in favour of the decriminalization of Prayers. marijuana, and has taken a special interest in the use of drugs in this country and the need to develop a more realistic policy regarding them. THE HONOURABLE DUNCAN J. JESSIMAN Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! TRIBUTES ON RETIREMENT Senator Lynch-Staunton: His passionate interest in the Hon. John Lynch-Staunton (Leader of the Opposition): welfare of veterans derives in large part from the fact that he Honourable senators, I rise to pay tribute to our colleague himself is one, having served with distinction in the Royal Duncan Jessiman, who sits here today for the last time, since Canadian Navy, which he joined in 1942 and left at the end of the tomorrow, June 5, he will reach the mandatory retirement age. war with the rank of lieutenant. More than once, his sea duties While it is one thing to extol a senator whose career began before led him near to death. one’s own, it is quite another to speak of a colleague whose contributions and achievements have been witnessed from their I did try to get a copy of his recruitment records, to find an very first day. In Senator Jessiman’s case, they have been so explanation for how a prairie boy ends up in the navy. numerous that it is hard to believe that they were all realized in only five years. Senator Carstairs: They all did. Unfortunately, this exceptional record is seriously marred by Senator Lynch-Staunton: Both the Access to Information his negligence of the chamber itself. From his appointment until Commissioner and the Privacy Commissioner counselled today, the Senate has held 311 sittings, and Senator Jessiman restraint on this one. only attended 235 of them, for a paltry attendance record of only 74.4 per cent. A successful and highly regarded corporate law graduate from the University of Manitoba, from which he also received an Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! honorary degree, Duncan has been a most active member of the Winnipeg community, having been successfully involved with Senator Lynch-Staunton: In anticipation of the official the University of Winnipeg, the Victoria General Hospital, the opposition members in the other place haranguing him for his United Way, the Canadian Arthritis Society, to name but some of absenteeism — that is, if they can break away from signing on to the organizations which have benefited from his energy and the parliamentary pension plan through their crocodile tears — I enthusiasm. His support of the Conservative Party, both will try as best I can to explain his absences. provincially and federally, has been unswerving, particularly during its dark years in the 1950s when Tories in Manitoba were No sooner was he appointed in May of 1993 than Senator about as numerous as those in Quebec at that time, and even are Jessiman made his presence felt on a number of committees, in today, come to think of it. particular the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, the Social Affairs Committee and its Subcommittee on Veterans In the gallery are Senator Jessiman’s wife, Alix, and his two Affairs, and the Fisheries Committee. He was a most effective sons Duncan and Robert and their wives. To Alix in particular, and persuasive member of the Special Committee on the Pearson and to Senator Jessiman’s entire family, I wish to express on Airport Agreements during the summer of 1995. The following behalf of all of my caucus colleagues our heartfelt thanks for summer he attended hearings on the amendments to Term 17 of allowing their personal lives to be disrupted so that Duncan could the Constitution and stayed with them throughout, despite the give us the full benefit of his intellect and uncanny ability to pain caused by his delaying major surgery. His participation in dissect legislation. I must alert them, however, that while he hearings on the amendments to the Divorce Act led to the setting intends to return to the practice of law in Winnipeg, to improve up of a Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access, which his golf game, especially his putting, with professional help or will not be the same with him gone. not, and to arrange cruises no longer threatened with cancellations, he has informed me that he will be available for Yesterday, by the way, he was honoured by the Human consultation on a non-partisan basis. Equality Action and Resource Team, known as HEART, a national coalition of organizations representing fathers, mothers Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! 1636 SENATE DEBATES June 4, 1998 Senator Lynch-Staunton: However, he refuses to be declared inform you of all of Duncan’s countless career achievements, but a national treasure or resource, out of respect for provincial I must tell you it has been difficult to choose which to highlight. jurisdiction in this field. As a matter of fact, a request is being From 1948 to 1971, for over 23 years, he served as a lawyer with forwarded this week to the Internal Economy Committee Johnston, Jessiman & Gardner. In 1971, Senator Jessiman requesting space for him in the Centre Block and, if approved, he traversed to Pitblado & Hoskin, where he became a senior will be installed on weekends in a three-table suite in the partner. From 1956 to 1967, for over 11 years, he was a lecturer fifth-floor cafeteria. for post-graduate courses in corporation law at the University of Manitoba. While embarking upon his career as a lawyer, Duncan (1410) Jessiman volunteered his time to his community with a similar degree of that same dedication. Duncan, we will all miss you. Your five years have been such that your absence will be felt for a long time. May you enjoy an He also has an extensive history of community service in our active retirement from the Senate. Few have deserved it more. province and across our country. Again, I just want to mention a few highlights. For 16 years, Duncan was the chairperson of the Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! board of governors of the University of Winnipeg. He was a founding member, chairperson of the board and member of the Hon. Sharon Carstairs (Deputy Leader of the executive committee of the Victoria General Hospital Research Government): Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to and Services Inc. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy, as Senator Senator Duncan Jessiman, a colleague, a friend, a fellow Lynch-Staunton has indicated, as a volunteer in the reserves in Manitoban and, for many years, a very close neighbour. I lived in 1942 and served in Canada, the United States and France, being number 1, 525 Wellington Crescent and he still lives in honourably discharged with the rank of lieutenant in 1945. number 7, 525 Wellington Crescent. Today is the occasion of his retirement and I will miss him very much. He was a member of the advisory boards of the Rainbow Stage and of the Canadian Arthritis Society, the chairperson of the I should like to start by saying that in this chamber, as cabinet of the United Way of Winnipeg, the president of the individuals and as affiliates of political parties, we frequently Rotary Club of Winnipeg, and the list goes on. oppose one another on motions, on bills and on opinions. However, we often also reach consensus on these very same With such dedication to career and community, it is hard to things. What this allows us to achieve, in a collegial manner, is, find the time, sometimes, that Duncan found to become involved in my view, simply respect — respect for one another as in the Progressive Conservative Party, and I must say, as a former individuals and respect for each other’s political associations. It leader in the Province of Manitoba, I wish he had found just a is my view that this is what makes this chamber a particularly little less time to become involved. He is certainly proof of the special legislative chamber. adage: If you want something done, ask a busy person. He was much more than simply involved with his party for nearly When I see Senator Jessiman sitting across from me in this 40 years; Senator Jessiman has contributed to his party in many chamber, or I see him or hear his name mentioned outside these ways, not the least of which was that he served as chief walls, the concept of respect is at the forefront of my thoughts. fund-raiser at both the federal and provincial levels. Senator Jessiman, through example in this chamber, on Senate committees, in public business and in community work, has both On May 26, 1993, his dedication was recognized when he was offered respect and has been afforded it in return — and quite summoned to the Senate. A week prior to this, Duncan attended justifiably. He has exemplified how an individual can oppose the a dinner party in my home and revealed, with some sense of views of others, and yet still respect them in Parliament and despair, that he did not think the appointment would be his.
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