Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable LISE BACON

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Thursday, June 23, 2005

Issue No. 17

First and second meetings on:

Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act

APPEARING:

The Honourable Irwin Cotler, P.C., M.P.,
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Department of Justice Canada:

Catherine Kane, Senior Counsel/Director, Policy Centre for Victim Issues;

Carole Morency, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;

Lisette Lafontaine, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP):

Chief Vince Bevan, Vice-President CACP and Chief of the Ottawa Police Service;

Vincent Westwick, Co-Chair, Law Amendments Committee;

Detective Inspector Angie Howe, Child Pornography Section, Ontario Provincial Police.

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)