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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

Wednesday, March 21, 2001
Thursday, March 22, 2001
Wednesday, March 28, 2001

Issue No. 3

Third, fourth and fifth meetings on: Bill S-4, Federal Law-Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 1

INCLUDING: THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill S-4)

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, March 21, 2001:

Panel of Academics:

Mr. Michael Behiels, Ph.D., Department of History, University of Ottawa;

Mr. Max Nemni, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History, Laval University.

Academic:

Mr. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens, Ph.D., Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University.

Thursday, March 22, 2001:

From the Department of Justice of Canada:

Alain Bisson, Senior General Counsel, Civil Code Section;

Yves DeMontigny, Special Advisor to the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law;

Alain Vauclair, General Counsel, Civil Code Section;

France Allard, General Counsel Comparative Law, Director, Legislation Services Branch;

Louise Maguire-Wellington, Legal Counsel, Civil Code Section;

Guy Faggiolo, General Counsel, Civil Code Section.

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, Gustafson, Joyal, P.C., *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Moore, Pearson

* 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 Moore substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cordy (March 15, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Grafstein substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Rompkey (March 15, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Cools (March 28, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Gustafson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Nolin (March 28, 2001).

The name of the Honourable Senator Cools substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick (March 28, 2001).

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