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Debates of the Senate CANADA Debates of the Senate 2nd SESSION . 40th PARLIAMENT . VOLUME 146 . NUMBER 24 OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Wednesday, April 1, 2009 ^ THE HONOURABLE NOËL A. KINSELLA SPEAKER This issue contains the latest listing of Senators, Officers of the Senate, the Ministry, and Senators serving on Standing, Special and Joint Committees. CONTENTS (Daily index of proceedings appears at back of this issue). Debates Service: D'Arcy McPherson, Chambers Building, Room 943, Tel. 613-995-5756 Publications Centre: David Reeves, Chambers Building, Room 969, Tel. 613-947-0609 Published by the Senate Available from PWGSC ± Publishing and Depository Services, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S5. Also available on the Internet: http://www.parl.gc.ca 564 THE SENATE Wednesday, April 1, 2009 The Senate met at 1:30 p.m., the Speaker in the chair. identity. In his capacity as Canadian Secretary to The Queen, Mr. MacLeod will play a crucial role in ensuring Prayers. the success of upcoming Royal Visits. Mr. MacLeod, as we all know, honourable senators, has VISITOR IN THE GALLERY extensive experience in organizing royal visits. Since his first involvement in the 1987 visit of Her Majesty to Canada, he served 22 years with the Department of the Secretary of State, later the The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I would like to Department of Canadian Heritage, and held the position of Chief draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of His of Protocol. He is the recipient of several honours and Excellency Mohamed Abdulla Mohamed Bin Mutlaq Al-Ghafli, decorations, including Commander of the Royal Victorian the newly appointed Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Order, CVO, presented personally by Her Majesty the Queen in Canada. 2005 for personal service to the sovereign. Mr. MacLeod served as Acting Canadian Secretary to the to the Queen during the On behalf of all senators, I welcome you to the Senate of 2005 royal visit of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Canada. Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Honourable senators, this is a great honour for Kevin MacLeod and also a great honour for the Senate of Canada. It is difficult, if not impossible, to think of anyone more qualified than him for this position. I am sure all honourable senators join with me in offering our sincerest congratulations to our Usher of the Black SENATORS' STATEMENTS Rod, Kevin MacLeod. CANADIAN SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN Hon. Senators: Here, here! MR. KEVIN MACLEOD NUNAVUT Hon. Marjory LeBreton (Leader of the Government and Minister CONGRATULATIONS of State (Seniors)): Honourable senators, since March 2008, ON TENTH ANNIVERSARY AS TERRITORY the Senate has been honoured by the presence of Mr. Kevin MacLeod as our Usher of the Black Rod. This morning, the Hon. Willie Adams: Honourable senators, I rise today to draw Prime Minister announced his appointment as Canadian your attention to the tenth anniversary of Nunavut. After many Secretary to the Queen. years of consultations, on May 25, 1993, the agreement between the Inuit of the Nunavut settlement area and Canada was signed. On June 10, 1993, Royal Assent was given to the Nunavut Act The Usher of the Black Rod, in addition to his other duties declaring April 1, 1999, as the date Nunavut would officially be in the Senate, performs a 600-year-old parliamentary tradition as created. the personal attendant and messenger of the sovereign or her representative. This includes protocol, logistical and administrative details regarding official parliamentary functions . (1340) in this place such as the Speech from the Throne. The territory of Nunavut is almost 2 million square kilometres of land and water. We would finally have our own government, The Canadian Secretary to the Queen coordinates the planning allowing us to make laws according to Inuit wishes. There are 19 and delivery of royal visits to Canada through close partnership members in the Legislative Assembly and we have our first with various government officials and the Royal Households. woman premier. Mr. MacLeod will lead the planning of the royal visits expected to take place in 2009-10. He will also chair the Diamond Jubilee I was in Iqaluit last week. Nunavut has come a long way since Committee celebrating Her Majesty's sixtieth anniversary as 1993. We are now consulted on important issues such as Queen of Canada in the year 2012. sovereignty, fisheries, mineral resources, land use and wildlife resources. As the Prime Minister said this morning: Today, we have more control over the future and the future of I am delighted that Her Majesty The Queen of Canada our grandchildren. It is important they not lose their language, has graciously agreed to this appointment. Royal Visits culture, identity and the ability to survive and enjoy what their demonstrate the enduring ties between the Royal Family land has to offer. and Canadians and offer a unique opportunity to celebrate this important aspect of our shared heritage, culture and We are a young territory and we are just beginning. April 1, 2009 SENATE DEBATES 565 CANADIAN FORCES We have a long way to go; work remains to be done but we are on the right track. We, the military and our soldiers in the field Hon. Pamela Wallin: Honourable senators, yesterday Senator were once grateful for Senator Kenny's support in the past and we Kenny challenged me to be brave and to offer up honest criticism hope we may have it again. However, to call our military regarding the military. First let me say that I am not interested in ``just pretend'' is not support. It is unfair, unwise and unhelpful. contrived posturing to ``stand up to the Prime Minister'' for the sake of a headline. I stand with the Prime Minister, with our Yes, it makes me emotional. The life, death and security of our military leadership and with our troops, and I can only suggest soldiers is an important issue and it is an emotional matter. I love that the senator read the report of the Independent Panel on my country, honour those who serve it, pray for their safe return Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan, of which I was a part, if he and fight to the best of my ability every day for their security, is uncertain of my views. which includes the need for better equipment, better support and more and real help from our government. While the Defence Committee has spoken about the issue of military funding, as The Globe and Mail said of the Manley Some Hon. Senators: Hear, hear! Report that ``it is the single most useful contribution'' on the topic, showing both ``honesty and clarity.'' The report and our . (1345) government's response to it has prompted new and valuable support from our American allies. If the senator wants further confirmation of my views on the importance of military spending, PAUKTUUTIT INUIT WOMEN OF CANADA he can check the public record. CONGRATULATION ON TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY In fact, Senator Kenny might check his own comments on the topic. From the Calgary Herald, August 2007: [Editor's Note: Senator Watt spoke in Inuktitut.] How, you ask, can I lump the Conservative government Hon. Charlie Watt: Honourable senators, I will switch to currently ruling the country with the preceding Liberal English. I did not make a deal with His Honour, so I have to cut governments that allowed our military to slip into such steep down what I say in my mother tongue. Hopefully, next time I will decline? Aren't the Conservatives out announcing that they be able to speak entirely in Inuktitut. That capability is not yet in intend to buy all kinds of expensive weaponry? Didn't place but it is coming. they extend the Canadian mission in Afghanistan — a mission that follows the sensible adage that threats to Canadians are best dealt with at a safe distance from our Today Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, the voice of Inuit shores? women from across the Inuit Nunaat, celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. Since 1984, Pauktuutit has worked tirelessly to address a broad range of health and social issues of concern I acknowledge that ``yes'' is the honest response to both to our Inuit communities. these questions. Priority issues have included housing, education, economic He also told the Toronto Star in May 2008: development, elimination of violence and abuse against Inuit women and children, the administration of justice in Inuit . Stephen Harper and his defence ministers have very communities and achieving social and political equality in much enjoyed talking about how muscular they have made Canada. the Canadian Forces, compared to those 98-pound Liberal weaklings under Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin. Honourable senators, with input from the communities and the Inuit experts, some of this work resulted in the 2006 National I have no problem with the current government depicting Strategy to Prevent Abuse in Inuit Communities, as well as a those Liberal governments as pikers when it came to funding National Inuit Residential Schools Healing Strategy. Elimination the kind of military Canadians need. They were pikers. of abuse against Inuit women and children continues to be an ongoing priority. Senator Kenny has said on many occasions that his party simply does not attach ``that big a priority to the military.'' Also, Honourable senators, I, for one, congratulate Pauktuutit on for the record, I want to note that the senator has, in his their success, and encourage our government to continue to work comments, left the mistaken impression that General Leslie, in with them as a respected and much-needed partner in improving testimony before the Defence Committee, has made the case that living conditions in the Arctic.
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