Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs

Second Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1999-2000

Chairman: The Honourable PETER STOLLERY

Tuesday, June 27, 2000

Issue No. 11

First and only meeting concerning: Bill C-19, An Act respecting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and to implement the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

INCLUDING: THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE and THE TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE

APPEARING:

The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, M.P., P.C. Minister of Foreign Affairs

WITNESSES:

From the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade:

David Sproule, Deputy Director, United Nations, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Section.

From the Department of Justice:

Donald Piragoff, General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

From the Coalition of Concerned Congregations on the Law Relating to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity including those of the Holocaust:

Kenneth M. Narvey, Legal Researcher and Chief Operating Officer.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Peter Stollery, Chairman

The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Deputy Chairman

and

The Honourable Senators:

Atkins, Austin, P.C., Bolduc, * Boudreau, P.C. (or Hays), Carney, P.C., Corbin, De Bané, P.C., Di Nino, Furey, Grafstein, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Taylor

* 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 Austin P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Pearson (June 19, 2000).

The name of the Honourable Senator Losier-Cool substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Austin, P.C. (June 27, 2000).