Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Chair: The Honourable JOAN FRASER

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Issue No. 3

Fifth meeting on:

The study of the DNA Identification Act

First and second meetings on:

Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts
(Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act)

The Honourable Vic Toews, M.P., P.C., Minister of Public Safety

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Criminal Lawyer's Association:

Vincenzo Rondinelli, Lawyer.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness:

Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections Directorate;

Rosemary O'Brien, Senior Policy Analyst, Corrections Policy Division.

Department of Justice Canada:

Doug Hoover, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

Department of National Defence:

Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce MacGregor, Director of Law, Military Justice Policy and Research.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:

Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner;

Lisa Campbell, Acting General Counsel.

Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime:

Steve Sullivan, Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime.

The Honourable Joan Fraser, Chair

The Honourable John D. Wallace, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Angus, Baker, P.C., Boisvenu, Carignan, Carstairs, P.C., *Cowan (or Tardif), Joyal, P.C., Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Rivest, Runciman, Watt

* 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 Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Chaput (April 15, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Chaput replaced the Honourable Senator Carstairs, P.C. (April 8, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (March 26, 2010).