Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and
Constitutional Affairs
Issue 49 - Twenty-second and Twenty-third Reports of the Committee
Thursday, March 13, 1997
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its
TWENTY-SECOND REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred Bill S-10, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal organization), has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Tuesday, December 10, 1996, examined the said Bill and now reports as follows:
Your Committee recommends that this Bill not be proceeded with further in the Senate at this time.
Your Committee notes that any Senator who wishes to have a Senate committee conduct a special study on organized crime may propose a motion to that effect in the Senate.
Respectfully submitted,
SHARON CARSTAIRS
Chair
Thursday, March 13, 1997
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its
TWENTY-THIRD REPORT
Your Committee, to which was referred Bill S-15, An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Bishop of the Arctic of the Church of England in Canada, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Tuesday, February 18, 1997, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment but with the following recommendation:
Your Committee has concerns about the types of situations in which Parliament is being asked to deal with issues of private incorporation. It therefore recommends that the Government review the law of general application with respect to corporations, with a view to providing petitioners with alternatives to private Acts of Parliament, where these alternatives do not currently exist.
Respectfully submitted,
SHARON CARSTAIRS
Chair