Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006

Chair: The Honourable DONALD H. OLIVER

Monday, October 23, 2006

Issue No. 13

Twenty-eighth meeting on:

Bill C-2, An Act providing for conflict of interest rules, restrictions on election financing and measures respecting administrative transparency, oversight and accountability

APPEARING:

The Honourable John Baird, P.C., M.P.,
President of the Treasury Board

WITNESSES:

As an individual:

David R. Zussman, Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management, University of Ottawa;

Nancy Averill.

Canadian Bar Association:

Bernard Amyot, Vice-President;

Tamra Thomson, Director, Legislation and Law Reform;

Kerri A. Froc, Legal Policy Analyst.

As an individual:

The Honourable Eugene F. Whelan, P.C.

Treasury Board of Canada:

Joe Wild, Senior Counsel, Legal Services, Treasury Board Portfolio;

Catrina Tapley, Executive Director, External Relations, Strategic Communications and Ministerial Affairs;

Alister Smith, Assistant Secretary, Corporate Priorities and Planning.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Chair

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Baker, P.C., Cowan, Day, *Hays (or Fraser), Joyal, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mitchell, Nolin, Ringuette, Rivest, Stratton

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)