Past Session:

Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on
Bill C-36 (formerly the Subject Matter of Bill C-36)

First Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001

Chair: The Honourable JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, P.C.

Tuesday, December 4, 2001

Issue No. 7

Fifteenth and sixteenth meetings on: Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act and other Acts, and to enact measures respecting the registration of charities, in order to combat terrorism

APPEARING:

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

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, M.P., P.C., Solicitor General of Canada

WITNESSES:

Morning Meeting

From the Barreau du Québec:

Ms Anne-Marie Boisvert, Chair, Criminal Law Committee;

Mr. Gilles Ouimet, Member, Criminal Law Committee.

Afternoon Meeting

From the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police:

Chief Vince Bevan, Vice-President;

Mr. Vince Westwick, Co-Chair, Law Amendments Committee, Legal Advisor to the Association.

From the Canadian Police Association:

Mr. David Griffin, Executive Officer;

Mr. Mike Niebudek, Vice-President.

From the Department of Justice:

Mr. Richard G. Mosley, Assistant Deputy Minister, Criminal Law Policy Section;

Ms Elizabeth Sanderson, Senior General Counsel, Public Law Policy;

Mr. Donald Piragoff, Acting Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

From the Solicitor General of Canada:

Mr. Paul E. Kennedy, Senior Assistant Deputy Solicitor General, Policing & Security Branch.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C., Chair

The Honourable James F. Kelleher, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Beaudoin, Bryden, * Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Finestone, P.C., Fraser, Furey, Jaffer, * Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Murray, P.C., Poulin

* Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

The Special Senate Committee on Bill C-36