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Debates of the Senate Debates of the Senate 1st SESSION . 42nd PARLIAMENT . VOLUME 150 . NUMBER 126 OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Honourable GEORGE J. FUREY Speaker This issue contains the latest listing of Senators, Officers of the Senate and the Ministry. 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: https://sencanada.ca 3185 THE SENATE Thursday, June 1, 2017 The Senate met at 1:30 p.m., the Speaker in the chair. A young Inuk man from Iqaluit I'll call ``Mike'' reached out to my office in early April to tell me of his problems with the Prayer. Phoenix pay system. In three recent months, Mike received 10 payments in the amount of $400, and the rest of the paycheques were for zero dollars. That is because all his [Translation] paycheques, if he got one that pay period, were missing the Isolated Post Allowance that makes up half or more of federal employees' net pay in northern and remote locations. ROYAL ASSENT Like many Canadians affected by Phoenix problems, Mike The Hon. the Speaker informed the Senate that the following applied for emergency pay. However, pay officers in southern communication had been received: Canada, ignorant of the importance of the Isolated Post Allowance in the calculation of base wages, denied emergency RIDEAU HALL pay to Mike, stating that the Isolated Post Allowance is not eligible for emergency pay. June 1st, 2017 Thankfully, Mike has a supportive family, and his mother was Mr. Speaker, able to help support him and his young family financially. But her support was not enough. Mike borrowed against his mortgage and opened a $10,000 line of credit. He sold his truck and I have the honour to inform you that Ms. Patricia Jaton, snowmobile in the prime hunting season. Despite his best efforts, Deputy Secretary to the Governor General, in her capacity his credit rating has been decimated and his savings depleted. as Deputy of the Governor General, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bill listed in the Schedule to this letter on the 1st day of June, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. Still, he is not being paid properly, and he cannot pay his bills. Two weeks ago, after receiving yet another paycheque for $400, Mike told his superiors that his pay needed to be fixed or he Yours sincerely, would otherwise, in desperation, have to take stress leave until the pay issue was rectified. This week the problem was not rectified, Stephen Wallace so Mike is currently on stress leave. Secretary to the Governor General Colleagues, this is just one of the many reports I have received from federal workers in Nunavut. Something needs to be done. The Honourable We've seen the government spend millions of dollars trying to fix The Speaker of the Senate this problem. They set up a special ministerial task force and we Ottawa heard recently that their solution is to spend even more. Meanwhile, hundreds of Nunavut's federal employees are suffering just like Mike. Bill Assented to Thursday, June 1, 2017: What happens to employees who lack a family safety net? What An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between happens to the employees who don't have a truck or snowmobile Canada and Ukraine (Bill C-31, Chapter 8, 2017) to sell? What if they don't have a mortgage to borrow against? Everything today is more expensive, and many middle—class families are living paycheque to paycheque. In the North, where food and commodities are at least two times more expensive than [English] in southern Canada, $400 is a pittance. I would add, honourable senators, that every story I have heard SENATORS' STATEMENTS has affected Inuit. This is of particular concern as it serves as a disincentive for Inuit to join the federal service. Ensuring Inuit employment is one of the duties of the federal government under PHOENIX PAY SYSTEM the land claims agreement in Nunavut. I have also heard of people unwilling to take a promotion because they're afraid of not Hon. Dennis Glen Patterson: Honourable senators, I rise before getting paid and of reprisals if they complain. you today to speak about a heartbreaking story from one Nunavut resident. It is particularly distressing to me as this is a Colleagues, something must be done to ensure that stories like situation I would have hoped could have been easily avoided. Mike's are not repeated. 3186 SENATE DEBATES June 1, 2017 DISTINGUISHED VISITOR IN THE GALLERY public service, led by the Canada School of Public Service, we do not have evidence of this occurring in a structured and systematic way across all governments in this country. The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, former Minister of the Environment and MP Unfortunately, the vast majority of Canadians still do not fully for Nunavut. She is the guest of the Honourable Senator understand the TRC's calls to action and the broad ongoing Patterson. requirements that remain for Canadians of all walks of life to better understand the past damage and mass human rights violations inflicted on indigenous peoples. I therefore call upon On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the you, my colleagues, in the one hundred and fiftieth year of Senate of Canada. Canada's Confederation, to commit to help to bring about true reconciliation and understanding for this great nation. Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! VISITORS IN THE GALLERY TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF INTERIM REPORT your attention to the presence in the gallery of His Worship David Dunphy, Mayor of the Town of Stratford, Prince Edward Island, accompanied by the town council for Stratford. They are the Hon. Murray Sinclair: Colleagues, I rise today to mark the guests of the Honourable Senator Griffin. event tomorrow of the second anniversary of the release of the interim report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian residential schools, reflecting upon the progress that has On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the been made in the short period of time since the report was Senate of Canada. released and the hard work that still needs to be done to achieve reconciliation between Canada and its indigenous peoples. Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! . (1340) THE LATE DAVID MORRISON Since the release of the TRC's 94 calls to action, funding has been provided to create the National Centre for Truth and Hon. Diane Griffin: Honourable senators, today I rise to pay Reconciliation, housed at the University of Manitoba, focused tribute to the late Reverend Dr. David Morrison of upon the collection of documents and other resources related to Charlottetown, who is recently deceased. He had many careers Indian residential schools. and a long history in community involvement. I enjoyed David's friendship as we were in the same Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty. He received awards for his work in Rotary The government has also committed to create the national International. He was an internationally recognized expert in council on reconciliation, which will ensure that accountability human dignity and human rights, psychosocial oncology and for reconciling the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and spirituality. He was short-listed for consideration for the Nobel the Crown is maintained in the coming years, as well as to develop Peace Prize. and implement a multi-year national action plan for reconciliation. Dr. Morrison served as an Anglican priest at Christ Church in Cherry Valley, a small rural community, and had been the rector The Government of Canada, through the Minister of Heritage, of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Charlottetown. Sometimes he has officially committed to implement an Aboriginal languages filled in while visiting other countries. He jokingly referred to act, and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered himself as the ``Vicar of Twickenham'' when he served at that Indigenous Women and Girls, despite its challenges, is finally church in England for a few Sundays while in London on getting started and will play a critical role in examining the deeply business. prejudiced position many indigenous women find themselves in. He gave leadership to the Ecumenical Centre of the World As positive as these actions and commitments are, however, Council of Churches. Dr. Morrison was the first Protestant there is still much work to be done in order to get to true invited to address the Pax Romana in Rome, and was awarded a reconciliation. The government is falling behind the need to Medal of Reconciliation at the Pontiff's residence. address the issue of child welfare, for example. There has been unclear reporting on tangible change within indigenous child welfare agencies. There are still significant gaps in funding for David was an academic for 30 years at the University of Prince indigenous child welfare as well as indigenous education. Edward Island and was the first president of the faculty association when the new university was created in 1969. Dr. Morrison worked in supportive care and psychosocial While there are actions under way to dramatically increase the oncology at the P.E.I. Cancer Treatment Centre as a member of level of understanding of indigenous peoples within the public the multi-disciplinary team. He continued his work in the service broadly across the country, including within the federal international dimension of cancer care and non-communicable Hon.
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