Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997

Chairman: The Honourable LORNA MILNE

Tuesday, December 16, 1997

Issue No. 12

Second and last meeting on: Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Interpretation Act (powers to arrest and enter dwellings)

INCLUDING: THE FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Proposed Regulations pursuant to subsections 7(6) and 7(7) of the Referendum Act) AND THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-16)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Anne McLellan, M.P., P.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

WITNESSES:

On Bill C-16:

From the Department of Justice:

Mr. Yvan Roy, Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy;

Mr. Michael Zigayer, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy.

THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Chairman

The Honourable Michel Cogger, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Beaudoin, Doyle, Gigantès, *Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Jessiman, Lewis, Losier-Cool, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella (acting)), Moore, Nolin, Pearson, Watt.

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the Committee:

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