DEBATES OF THE SENATE 1st SESSION • 43rd PARLIAMENT • VOLUME 151 • NUMBER 20 OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Friday, May 1, 2020 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. 343-550-5002 Published by the Senate Available on the Internet: http://www.parl.gc.ca 533 THE SENATE Friday, May 1, 2020 (Pursuant to rule 3-6(1) the Senate was recalled to sit this date, That, notwithstanding rules 6-1 and 9-8(1)(b), senators rather than June 2, 2020, as previously ordered.) may speak or vote from a seat other than their assigned places during today’s sitting. The Senate met at 12 p.m., the Speaker in the chair. The Hon. the Speaker: Is leave granted, honourable senators? Prayers. Hon. Senators: Agreed. VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY The Hon. the Speaker: Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion? NOVA SCOTIA MASS SHOOTING—HMCS FREDERICTON HELICOPTER CRASH—SILENT TRIBUTE Hon. Senators: Agreed. The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, let us take a (Motion agreed to.) moment to reflect upon the tragic and senseless attacks that took place in Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19, 2020, and that claimed the lives of 22 victims. I know we all stand together in offering our deepest [English] condolences to the families and friends of those who have died and wish a swift recovery to those who were injured in these atrocities. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS Compounding Canada’s loss at this very difficult time, on April 29, a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter taking part in a NATO DECLARATION OF QUALIFICATION OF SENATORS training exercise near Greece, crashed with six members of the Canadian Armed Forces aboard. REPORT TABLED Our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends and The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, pursuant to colleagues of the HMCS Fredericton crew members who lost rule 15-6, I have the honour to table the report of the Clerk of the their lives in this tragedy. Our hearts also go out to the loved Senate of the list of the names of members of the Senate who ones of those who remain missing. have renewed their Declaration of Qualification. I now invite all honourable senators to rise and observe one [Translation] minute of silence in memory of the victims. (Honourable senators then stood in silent tribute.) JUSTICE [Translation] CHARTER STATEMENT IN RELATION TO BILL C-14— DOCUMENT TABLED BUSINESS OF THE SENATE Hon. Marc Gold (Government Representative in the MOTION TO EXTEND TODAY’S SITTING AND AUTHORIZE Senate): Honourable senators, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, a Charter Statement prepared by the Minister SENATORS TO SPEAK OR VOTE FROM A SEAT OTHER THAN THEIR of Justice in relation to Bill C-14, A second Act respecting ASSIGNED PLACES DURING THE SITTING ADOPTED certain measures in response to COVID-19. Hon. Raymonde Gagné (Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative in the Senate): Honourable CHARTER STATEMENT IN RELATION TO BILL C-15— senators, with leave of the Senate and notwithstanding DOCUMENT TABLED rule 5-5(a), I move: Hon. Marc Gold (Government Representative in the That, notwithstanding rule 3-4, the sitting continue Senate): Honourable senators, I have the honour to table, in both beyond the ordinary time of adjournment today; official languages, a Charter Statement prepared by the Minister of Justice in relation to Bill C-15, An Act respecting Canada That rule 3-3(1) be suspended today; and emergency student benefits (coronavirus disease 2019). 534 SENATE DEBATES May 1, 2020 [English] Your committee recommends that the Leader of the Opposition (or designate) name the specified number of senators to the committees listed below, by notice filed with COMMITTEE OF SELECTION the Clerk of the Senate and that the Clerk of the Senate have the notice recorded in the Journals of the Senate. FIRST REPORT OF COMMITTEE PRESENTED Your committee further recommends that, unless Hon. Yuen Pau Woo, Chair of the Committee of Selection, otherwise ordered by the Senate, and notwithstanding presented the following report: rule 12-13, the committees listed below not meet before the earlier of: Friday, May 1, 2020 (a) September 22, 2020, or another later date indicated in The Committee of Selection has the honour to present its a notice signed by the leaders and facilitators of all recognized parties and recognized parliamentary FIRST REPORT groups and sent to the Clerk of the Senate; Your committee wishes to inform the Senate that it (b) the third successive sitting of the Senate with a daily nominates the Honourable Senator Ringuette as Speaker pro attendance of at least 60 senators that follows the tempore. adoption of this report and precedes September 22, 2020; or Respectfully submitted, (c) a date before September 22, 2020, indicated in a YUEN PAU WOO notice signed by the leaders and facilitators of all Chair recognized parties and recognized parliamentary groups and sent to the Clerk of the Senate. The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, when shall this report be taken into consideration? Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples Senator Woo: Honourable senators, with leave of the Senate Independent Senators Group and notwithstanding rule 5-5(f), I move that the report be adopted The Honourable Senators Coyle, Francis, Hartling, now. McCallum, Pate and Sinclair The Hon. the Speaker: Is leave granted, honourable senators? Conservative Party of Canada Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition Some Hon. Senators: No. (or designate) The Hon. the Speaker: Leave is not granted. Canadian Senators Group The Honourable Senator Tannas Honourable senators, when shall this report be taken into consideration? Non-affiliated The Honourable Senators Dyck and LaBoucane-Benson (On motion of Senator Woo, report placed on the Orders of the Day for consideration at the next sitting of the Senate.) Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry • (1210) Independent Senators Group The Honourable Senators Deacon (Nova Scotia), Hartling, SECOND REPORT OF COMMITTEE PRESENTED Klyne, Kutcher, Miville-Dechêne, Petitclerc and Ringuette Hon. Yuen Pau Woo,Chair of the Committee of Selection, Conservative Party of Canada presented the following report: Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition (or designate) Friday, May 1, 2020 Canadian Senators Group The Committee of Selection has the honour to present its The Honourable Senators Black (Ontario) and Griffin SECOND REPORT Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Pursuant to rule 12-2(2) of the Rules of the Senate and the order of the Senate of March 11, 2020, your committee Independent Senators Group submits below a list of senators nominated by it to serve on The Honourable Senators Bellemare, Deacon (Nova Scotia), committees. Klyne, Loffreda, Massicotte, Marwah and Wetston May 1, 2020 SENATE DEBATES 535 Conservative Party of Canada Conservative Party of Canada Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition (or designate) (or designate) Canadian Senators Group Non-affiliated The Honourable Senator Wallin The Honourable Senator Cordy Non-affiliated Standing Senate Committee on Legal and The Honourable Senator Dawson Constitutional Affairs Independent Senators Group Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment The Honourable Senators Boniface, Cotter, Dalphond, and Natural Resources Dupuis, Jaffer, Keating and Sinclair Independent Senators Group Conservative Party of Canada The Honourable Senators Cotter, Duncan, Galvez, Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition Massicotte, McCallum, Simons and Woo (or designate) Conservative Party of Canada Canadian Senators Group Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition The Honourable Senators Campbell and Downe (or designate) Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament Canadian Senators Group The Honourable Senators Black (Alberta) and Richards Independent Senators Group The Honourable Senators Duffy and Ravalia Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans Conservative Party of Canada Two senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition Independent Senators Group (or designate) The Honourable Senators Anderson, Bovey, Busson, Christmas, Cormier and Francis Canadian Senators Group The Honourable Senator Black (Ontario) Conservative Party of Canada Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition Standing Senate Committee on (or designate) National Security and Defence Canadian Senators Group Independent Senators Group The Honourable Senators Black (Ontario) and Campbell The Honourable Senators Anderson, Boniface, Busson, Dalphond, Duffy and Moodie Non-affiliated Conservative Party of Canada The Honourable Senator Munson Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition (or designate) Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canadian Senators Group The Honourable Senators Dagenais and Richards Independent Senators Group The Honourable Senators Boehm, Bovey, Coyle, Deacon Non-affiliated (Ontario), Dean, Ravalia and Saint-Germain The Honourable Senator Harder, P.C. Conservative Party of Canada Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages Three senators to be named by the Leader of the Opposition