Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and
Constitutional Affairs
First Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1997-98-99
Chair: The Honourable LORNA MILNE
Wednesday, June 9, 1999
Issue No. 72
First Meeting on: Bill C-79, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (victims of crime) and another Act in consequence
APPEARING:
The Honourable Anne McLellan, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
WITNESSES:
On Bill C-79:
From the Department of Justice:
Yvan Roy, Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;
Catherine Kane, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy.
From CAVAC (Centre d'aide aux victimes d'actes criminelles):
Marthe Vaillancourt, Director.
From the Canadian Resources Centre for Victims of Crime:
Steve Sullivan, Executive Director.
From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:
Daniel Henry, Senior Legal Counsel;
Esther Enkin, Managing Editor and Chief Journalist, CBC English Radio.
From the Canadian Newspaper Association:
Marc-André Charlebois, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Russ Mills, Publisher and Editor, The Ottawa Citizen;
Stuart Robertson, Legal Counsel.
From the Department of Justice:
Yvan Roy, Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;
Catherine Kane, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lorna Milne, Chair
The Honourable Pierre Claude Nolin, Deputy Chairman
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, Beaudoin, Buchanan, P.C., Eyton, Fraser, Grafstein,*Graham, P.C. (or Carstairs), Lewis, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Moore, Pearson, Pépin.
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to Rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Lewis substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Bryden (June 9, 1999).