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Debates of the Senate 1st SESSION . 42nd PARLIAMENT . VOLUME 150 . NUMBER 35 OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Wednesday, May 11, 2016 The Honourable GEORGE J. FUREY Speaker CONTENTS (Daily index of proceedings appears at back of this issue). Debates Services: D'Arcy McPherson, National Press Building, Room 906, Tel. 613-995-5756 Publications Centre: Kim Laughren, National Press Building, Room 926, Tel. 613-947-0609 Published by the Senate Available on the Internet: http://www.parl.gc.ca 647 THE SENATE Wednesday, May 11, 2016 The Senate met at 2 p.m., the Speaker in the chair. you to turn to Ovarian Cancer Canada for information about the disease and to support the purpose and financial goals of its current fundraising campaign. Prayers. Ovarian Cancer Canada is looking for at least an extra $10 million in government funding simply just to bring them on SENATORS' STATEMENTS par with breast and prostate cancer funding. It makes a lot of sense to me. OVARIAN CANCER CANADA Also, wouldn't it be nice to have the Peace Tower lit up in the colour of teal? Sunday, May 8, was World Ovarian Cancer Day, Hon. Jim Munson: Honourable senators, I'm wearing this pin, and it is every year. There is also Ovarian Cancer Awareness which is the pin for ovarian cancer. If my colleagues would pay Month, and that is in September. We could have the Peace Tower attention to what I'm going to say, I'd appreciate that. lit up in teal. Honourable senators, I had a meeting last week with three If we can light up the Peace Tower in blue for autism on remarkable women representing Ovarian Cancer Canada. April 2, surely we can do the same for ovarian cancer. Monique is the former director of the organization's Quebec Honourable senators, we owe it to the women of Canada. office. Lynn, whose mother died from ovarian cancer, is a volunteer fundraiser for the organization. Then there is Carol. Thank you. Carol is an ovarian cancer survivor, but has recently been Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! re-diagnosed. As is too often the case when women get this cancer a second time, treatment has not worked for Carol. She plans to [Translation] use the time she has left to raise public awareness of and advocate and fundraise for improvements for other women who have or will develop ovarian cancer. VISITORS IN THE GALLERY Every day, five women in Canada die from ovarian cancer. This year, 2,800 women in this country will be newly diagnosed. The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common and the most fatal of your attention to the presence in the gallery of a group of people women's cancers. In the past 50 years, these outcomes haven't from Prévost, Quebec. They are guests of the Honourable really changed. Senator Dagenais. On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the Ovarian cancer is difficult to detect because its symptoms are Senate of Canada. the same as symptoms of several other conditions. There is no reliable test to diagnosis the disease. Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! These are the harsh facts, but they are not the hard facts. QUEBEC Ovarian Cancer Canada is the only national charity dedicated to overcoming this disease. The organization supports women TOWN OF PRÉVOST and families. It raises awareness among and educates health care providers. On its own and with partners like the Canadian Cancer Society and the Terry Fox Research Institute, it funds Hon. Jean-Guy Dagenais: Honourable senators, since we have much-needed research programs and grants. these visitors, including my little sister, Francine Forget Dagenais, with us today, I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the beautiful town of Prévost in the Laurentians. Generally, honourable senators, we don't discuss or understand nearly enough about ovarian cancer. Ovarian Cancer Canada is working hard to change that. Founded in 1927, this municipality 10 kilometres north of Saint-Jérôme has long been considered the gateway to the Laurentians. In 1973, the neighbouring towns of Shawbridge As a man, I'm in a position to help break down barriers and Lesage were amalgamated with Prévost, which led to a rapid preventing our society from dealing with this cancer in a way that residential expansion driven by people who wanted to enjoy both befits its risks and impact, and I am starting now by encouraging the proximity to Montreal and the beauty of the Laurentians. The 648 SENATE DEBATES May 11, 2016 amalgamation that happened over 40 years ago helped shape On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the Prévost's history, and I would like to share some of that history Senate of Canada. with you today. Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! The town of Shawbridge was named after the Shaw family, people of Irish origin who played an important role in the region's economic development. Long before there were tolls on the . (1410) autoroute des Laurentides, which are now gone, the Shaw family built a toll bridge across the Rivière du Nord. They called it Shaw Bridge. At the time, in the early 1900s, people had to pay CANADA-MALAYSIA RELATIONS five cents to cross it, and those who refused to pay had to shovel their way across the ice in the winter to get to the other side. Hon. Victor Oh: Honourable senators, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to talk about Canada-Malaysia relations. Rail transportation also played a very important role in the development of Prévost. The Canadian National and Canadian Pacific lines crossed in this city. They crossed in so many places Malaysia has a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary that at one point, there were three railway stations. Imagine what system of government. It is a federation of 13 states and three tourism in the Laurentians would be like today if a high-speed federal territories. As a multi-ethnic and multicultural society train served the region, instead of bike trails. From 1937 to the consisting of Malays, Chinese, Indian and the Orang Asli, the mid-1960s, Montrealers would take the train to ski in the country is committed to advancing religious freedom and mutual Laurentians, which had three ski hills at the time, including the respect through cross-cultural dialogue. first ski hill in Canada with a motorized ski tow. Canada and Malaysia have a long history of friendly bilateral The Shawbridge side of Prévost was home to the famous relations. Canada was among the first countries to establish Maple Leaf cross-country ski trail, created in 1920 by legendary diplomatic ties with the Federation of Malaysia following Hermann Smith Johannsen, better known as Jackrabbit. independence in 1957. As a result, the year 2017 will mark the sixtieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between our two I have two stories to share about the arrival of women in the countries. workforce. First, the first Canadian Pacific station was built in 1898 on land belonging to the Shaw family, which had demanded As one of Canada's most important trade and investment that CP always keep one member of the Shaw family in its staff. partners in Southeast Asia and the largest regional market, That is how Georgina Shaw became the first female train station Malaysia is a key priority market for our country. After decades agent. She held this job from 1907 to 1944. of industrial growth and political stability, Malaysia has become one of the most vibrant economies in Southeast Asia. In 2012 the Prévost also welcomed the first female taxi driver. state-owned energy company Petronas acquired Canada's Minnie Urichuck read in the newspaper that there was a Progress Energy for $5.5 billion. This was one of the largest shortage of drivers when men were being conscripted during the foreign investments made by Malaysian authorities to date. Second World War. She went to Montreal, where she convinced the owner of Diamond taxi to give her a job driving. That was unprecedented. Canadian companies have also invested in various sectors of Malaysia's economy and continue to employ thousands of Malaysians each year. There is a tremendous potential for I'll stop there, but if you wish, I invite you to visit Prévost and increased cooperation and growth between our two countries. learn about its tourist route, which has a history worth knowing. On May 5, 2016, I was honoured to be elected as the Senate Thank you. co-chair of the re-established Canada-Malaysia Inter- Parliamentary Group. Senator Martin was elected vice-chair. [English] Senators Ataullahjan, Enverga and Merchant are directors. This mechanism will help promote greater understanding and cooperation between Canada and Malaysia through economic, cultural and political exchanges. VISITORS IN THE GALLERY The year 2017 will be a milestone for Canada and Malaysia The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw relations. I hope our two countries continue to work together to your attention to the presence in the gallery of Her Excellency further enhance bilateral relations. Dato' Sri Azalina Othman Said, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department of Malaysia, Her Excellency Dato' Aminahtun Karim Shaharudin, High Commissioner for Malaysia, and the Thank you! Merci! Terima kasih! Honourable Dr. Ronald Kiandee, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malaysia. They are guests of the Honourable Senator Oh. Hon. Senators: Hear, hear. [ Senator Dagenais ] May 11, 2016 SENATE DEBATES 649 SPEECH AND HEARING MONTH forms of communication, including sign language and the written word, because we all should recognize that people communicate differently.