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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable LORNA MILNE

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Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Thursday, March 1, 2001

Issue No. 1

Organizational Meeting and First meeting on: Bill S-4, Federal Law-Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 1

INCLUDING: THE FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Rule 104)

• Order of Reference
• Report
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings for February 21, 2001 (25K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings for March 1, 2001 (82K)

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WITNESSES:

Thursday, March 1, 2001

Panel of Academics:

Dean Louis Perret, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa;

Professor Claude Fabien, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal;

Professor Alain-François Bisson, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Chair

The Honourable Gérald-A. Beaudoin, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Atkins, Buchanan, P.C., * Carstairs, P.C., (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cools, Fraser, Grafstein, Joyal, P.C.* Lynch-Staunton, (or Kinsella), Moore, Nolin, Pearson

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

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