Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Issue 15 - Eleventh Report of the Committee

Thursday November 4, 2010

The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has the honour to present its

ELEVENTH REPORT

Your committee, to which was referred Bill S-10, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Wednesday, September 29, 2010, examined the said Bill and now reports the same with the following amendment:

1. Page 5, clause 5: Replace lines 15 to 22 with the following:

"8.1 (1) Within five years after this section comes into force, a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act, including a cost-benefit analysis of mandatory minimum sentences, shall be undertaken by such committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament as may be designated or established for that purpose.".

Respectfully submitted,

JOAN FRASER

Chair