Proceedings of the Standing
Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05
Chair: The Honourable LISE BACON
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Issue No. 22
Sixth (last) meeting on:
Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes
INCLUDING:
THE TWELFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-38)
WITNESSES:
As a panel:
As individuals:
Dr. Hymie Rubenstein, Senior Scholar, St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba;
Diz Dichmont.
REAL Women of Canada:
Gwendolyn Landolt, National Vice-President.
As an individual:
Dr. Ian Kroll, Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary.
Coalition québécoise pour le mariage civil des couples de même sexe:
Evangéline Caldwell, Coordinator;
Jean-Paul Tremblay, Centrale des syndicats du Québec.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Lise Bacon, Chair
The Honourable John 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 Mercer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (July 14, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Sibbeston substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Mitchell (July 14, 2005).
The name of the Honourable Senator Andreychuk substituted for that of the Honourable Senator St. Germain, P.C. (July 18, 2005).