Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Issue 26 - Evidence - May 3, 2007
OTTAWA, Thursday, May 3, 2007
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, to which was referred Bill C-9, to amend the Criminal Code (conditional sentence of imprisonment), met this day at 10:50 a.m. to give clause-by-clause consideration to the bill.
Senator Lorna Milne (Deputy Chairman) in the chair.
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The Deputy Chairman: Honourable senators, the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs is here today for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-9, to amend the Criminal Code (conditional sentence of imprisonment).
This bill seeks to amend section 742.1 of the Criminal Code to provide that a person convicted of a serious personal injury offence as defined in section 752 of the Criminal Code, a terrorism offence or a criminal organization offence prosecuted by way of indictment for which the maximum term of imprisonment is 10 years or more is not eligible for a conditional sentence.
We have now concluded our public hearings on this bill and have heard from all interested parties in relation to it. Is it agreed, honourable senators, that the committee proceed with its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-9?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Deputy Chairman: Shall the title stand postponed?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Deputy Chairman: Shall clause 1 carry?
Some Hon. Senators: Agreed.
Some Hon. Senators: On division.
The Deputy Chairman: It is agreed, on division.
Shall clause 2 carry?
Some Hon. Senators: Agreed.
Some Hon. Senators: On division.
The Deputy Chairman: On division.
Shall the title carry?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Deputy Chairman: Shall the bill carry?
Some Hon. Senators: Agreed.
Some Hon. Senators: On division.
The Deputy Chairman: On division.
Does the committee wish to discuss the pending observations to the report?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.
The Deputy Chairman: We will move in camera to discuss a draft report. Does the committee wish to discuss these observations publicly or in camera?
The committee continued in camera.