Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001
Chair: The Honourable LORNA MILNE
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Issue No. 2
Second meeting on: Bill S-4, Federal Law-Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 1APPEARING:
The Honourable Anne McLellan, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
WITNESSES:
From the Department of Justice Canada:Alain Bisson, Senior General Counsel, Civil Code Section;
Yves DeMontigny, Special Advisor to the Senior Assistant, Deputy Minister, Public Law;
Alain Vauclair, counsel, Civil Code Section.
Academic:
Professor Nicholas Kasirer, Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, McGill University.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lorna Milne, ChairThe Honourable Gérald-A. Beaudoin, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, Atkins, Buchanan, P.C., *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cools, Cordy, Fraser, Joyal, P.C., *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Nolin, Pearson, Rompkey, P.C.
* 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 Cordy substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Moore (March 13, 2001).
The name of the Honourable Senator Rompkey substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Grafstein (March 14, 2001).