Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Issue 2 - Evidence for November 24, 2004
OTTAWA, Wednesday, November 24, 2004
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, to which was referred Bill S-10, to harmonize federal law with the civil law of the Province of Quebec and to amend certain acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law, met this day at 4:25 p.m. to give clause-by-clause consideration to the bill.
Senator Lise Bacon (Chairman) in the chair.
[English]
The Chairman: Honourable senators, we have a quorum.
Today, the work before the committee is the clause-by-clause consideration of Bill S-10.
Is it agreed, honourable senators, that the committee move to clause-by-clause consideration of the bill?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall the title stand postponed?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clause 1 stand postponed?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clauses 2 to 6 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clauses 7 to 103 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clauses 104 to 145 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clauses 146 to 181 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clauses 182 to 204 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clauses 205 to 208 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall clause 1 carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Shall the title carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Is it agreed that this bill be adopted without amendment?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Does the committee wish to append observations?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: We have prepared some observations which we will distribute and discuss in camera.
The committee continued in camera.
The committee resumed in public.
The Chairman: Does the committee wish to append the discussed observations, as corrected?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Chairman: Is it agreed that I report this bill to the Senate with observations?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The committee adjourned.