Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable LORNA MILNE

Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Wednesday, October 31, 2001
Thursday, November 1, 2001

Issue No. 14

Tenth, eleventh and twelfth meetings on: Bill C-7, An Act in respect of criminal justice for young persons and to amend and repeal other Acts

Third and final meeting on: Proposals to correct certain anomalies, inconsistencies and errors and to deal with other matters of a non-controversial and uncomplicated nature in the Statutes of Canada and to repeal an Act and certain provisions that have expired, lapsed or otherwise ceased to have effect

INCLUDING: THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-7)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Anne McLellan, P.C, M.P, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

The Honourable Gord Mackintosh, Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Manitoba)

The Honourable Chris Axworthy, Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Saskatchewan)

The Honourable David Young, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Native Affairs (Ontario)

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, October 30, 2001

From the Ontario Crime Control Commission:

Joe Tascona, MPP, Co-Chair and Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General of Ontario;

David Tilson, MPP, Co-Chair and Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General of Ontario.

From the Ontario Office of the Victims of Crime:

Sergeant John Muise, Special Project Team Leader;

Scott Newark, Vice-Chair and Special Counsel;

Joe Wamback, Consultant;

Priscilla deVilliers, Consultant.

From the Office of the Attorney General of Manitoba:

Bruce MacFarlane, Deputy Attorney General.

Wednesday, October 31, 2001

From the John Howard Society:

Graham Stewart, Executive.

From the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies:

Kim Pate, Executive Director.

From the Federation of Canadian Municipalities:

Vera Danyluk, Chair, Standing Committee on Community Safety and Crime Prevention.

Canadian Bar Association of British Columbia:

Richard Schwartz, Chair, Youth Justice Section.

University of Montreal:

Jean Trépanier, Professor.

Thursday, November 1, 2001

Officials from the Department of Justice:

Richard Mosley, Deputy Minister, Criminal Law Policy and Community Justice Branch;

Catherine Latimer, General Counsel and Director General, Youth Justice Branch;

Irit Weiser, General Counsel, Human Rights Law Section.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Chair

The Honourable Gérald-A. Beaudoin, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

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

* 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 Pearson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Senator Cook (October 31, 2001).