Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Second Session Thirty-fifth Parliament, 1996-97

Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS

Thursday, April 17, 1997

Issue No. 59

First and only meeting on: Examination of Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child prostitution, child sex tourism, crimiinal harassment and female genital mutilation)

INCLUDING: THE TWENTY-FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Regulations pursuant to section 7(6) and (7) of the Referendum Act) AND THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-27)

WITNESSES:

On Bill C-27:

From the Department of Justice:

Ms Lucie Angers, Counsel, Criminal Policy;

Ms Carole Morency, Counsel, Family, Children and Youth Section.

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 Kinsella), Pearson

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to Rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Kenny was substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool (April 17, 1997).