Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable LISE BACON
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Issue No. 13
First (last) meeting on:
Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the DNA Identification Act and the National Defence Act
INCLUDING:
THE TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-13)
APPEARING:
The Honourable Irwin Cotler, P.C., M.P.,
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
The Honourable Roy Cullen, P.C., M.P.,
Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness
WITNESSES:
Department of Justice Canada:
Michael E. Zigayer, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;
Stanley Cohen, Senior General Counsel, Human Rights Law Section.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lise Bacon, Chair
The Honourable J. Trevor Eyton, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, *Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Cools, Joyal, P.C., *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Mercer, Milne, Nolin, Pearson, Ringuette, Rivest, Sibbeston
*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 Chaput substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mercer (May 17, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Kinsella substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Nolin (May 17, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Mercer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (May 18, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Nolin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kinsella (May 18, 2005).