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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07

Chair: The Honourable DONALD H. OLIVER

Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007

Issue No. 30

Eighth (final) meeting on:

Bill S-4, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (Senate tenure)

First meeting on:

Bill C-18, An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to DNA identification

INCLUDING:
THE THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-4)

APPEARING

Thursday, June 7, 2007

The Honourable Robert Nicholson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Department of Justice Canada:

Warren J. Newman, General Counsel, Constitutional and Administrative Law Section.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Department of Justice Canada:

Greg Yost, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

Office of the Judge Advocate General:

Lieutenant Colonel Jill Wry, Director of Law/Military Justice Policy and Research.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

Joe Buckle, Director General, Forensic Science and Identification Services;

John Bowen, Director, Biology Services;

Isabelle Trudel, Officer in Charge, National DNA Data Bank;

Anne-Elizabeth Charland, Officer in Charge, Scientific Services.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Chair

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Baker, P.C., Bryden, Fraser, Hays, P.C., *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Nolin, Rivest, Stratton

*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 Moore substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Hays, P.C. (June 4, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Joyal P.C. (June 5, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Jaffer (June 5, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Nolin (June 6, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Nolin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (June 7, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Joyal, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (June 7, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Jaffer substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Rompkey, P.C. (June 7, 2007).

The name of the Honourable Senator Hays, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Moore (June 7, 2007).