Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996
Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS
Thursday, November 21, 1996
Issue No. 36
Fifth meeting on: Examination of Bill C-45, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (judicial review of parole ineligibility) and another Act
WITNESSES:
Morning sitting:
From the Canadian Criminal Justice Association:
Mr. Mathew Yeager, Secretary;
Mr. Brian Gough, ex-offender, serving life on parole;
Ms Johanne Vallée, Member, Director General, Quebec Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies.
From the Church Council on Justice and Corrections:
Mr. Rick Prashaw, Communications Coordinator.
From the St. Leonard's Society of Canada:
Ms Elizabeth White, Executive Director;
Mr. Donald Evans, Board of Directors.
Afternoon sitting:
From Action for Victims:
Mrs. Darlene Boyd, Member;
Mrs. Debbie Mahaffy, Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, Chair
The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin, Deputy Chairman
and
The Honourable Senators:
Beaudoin, Doyle, *Fairbairn, P.C. (or Graham), Ghitter, Gigantès, Jessiman, Lewis, Losier-Cool, *Lynch-Staunton (or Berntson), Milne, Moore, Pearson
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)