12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator James Cowan | Honourable senators, before we adjourn, there is one additional item of business which I think we should address, and that is the thanks to the many people here who make our work possible.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Roméo Dallaire | Honourable senators, it is late and I will attempt to be brief.
I have only five years of experience here, so I still feel I am in my apprenticeship or at least ebbing my apprenticeship phase in this institution. I cannot go back, as some of our colleagues, to the 17th or 18th century to use references, but I can go further back than CNN history, which is just last week, and go to the Cold War era. I wish to discuss Part 15 of Bill C-9, which deals with the sale of AECL.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Grant Mitchell | Honourable senators, I, too, am happy to have the chance to participate in this debate. I echo what has been said about the excellent work done at committee by Senator Day and Senator Gerstein. I have had a number of experiences like this while I have been in the Senate where something special needed to be done, where there was a sense of purpose about an important issue and people came together and worked very effectively at a very high level.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator George Baker | Honourable senators, with regard to Senator Moore's speech, I attended that portion of the meeting of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and I was shocked to hear the testimony from the Canada Revenue Agency.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Mobina Jaffer | Honourable senators, I rise today to speak on Bill C-9. I want to thank Senator Day, Senator Gerstein, Senator Murray and all the members of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance for the work they have done. I want to thank them for their dedication and for their work on our behalf.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Wilfred Moore | Honourable senators, I wish to participate in this debate at report stage with regard to Part 2, the amendments in respect of excise duties and sales in excise taxes.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette | Honourable senators, I must first tell you that I received a warm welcome from my colleagues on the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance. I would like to thank them for their patience. It was a pleasure working with them, notably on the two files that I would like to discuss briefly.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Pierrette Ringuette | Honourable senators, that is a tough act to follow. However, I ensure my honourable colleagues that I will not be quoting Shakespeare, because I do not think we are reviewing Shakespearean legislation right now.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Joseph Day | Honourable senators, I am not sure what time allocation I have to perform the task under rule 99 but I will attempt to perform the objective and the obligation under rule 99, which is to explain the amendments that appear in the report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance to this chamber. We have this report stage, honourable senators, only if there are amendments to the bill. In the normal case, we proceed immediately to third reading.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Lillian Eva Dyck | Honourable senators, I would like to say a few words on this subject as well.
This whole motion of limiting debate strikes me as almost undemocratic. I consider it an honour and a privilege to have been summoned to this Senate as a senator.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Pierrette Ringuette | Honourable senators, it is not easy to take up debate after my two Atlantic colleagues have done such a good job.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Terry Mercer | Honourable senators, I am concerned about this motion that has been brought before us today. We have some good people in the gallery and others are listening elsewhere.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator George Baker | Honourable senators, I wish to say only a few words. I will not be very long. I will try to be as non-political as possible and I will try to mention the government side of the story as well. I suppose the reason the Conservative senators are not speaking is that they want to get on with the motion.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Claudette Tardif | Honourable senators, the motion moved by the Deputy Leader of the Government would limit debate on Bill C-9. I find it difficult to believe that members of this government, who boast about proudly defending freedom of expression, would do everything permissible under Senate procedure to limit the right of opposition senators to express themselves, especially when no senator from the government side is rising to explain or even defend such a time allocation motion.
12 Jul, 2010 | By Senator Joan Fraser | Honourable senators, I am floored by the fact that no one on the government side has yet chosen to speak to this motion.