Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Third Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2010

Chair: The Honourable JOAN FRASER

Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Issue No. 17

First and second meetings on:

Bill S-12, A third Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law

Fourth (final) meeting on:

Bill C-464, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (justification for detention in custody)

INCLUDING:
THE THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-464, An Act to amend the Criminal Code)

APPEARING:

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

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Department of Justice Canada:

John Mark Keyes, Chief Legislative Counsel;

Marc Cuerrier, Senior General Counsel, Legislative Revision Services Group;

Luc Gagné, General Counsel and Manager, Legislative Bijuralism Team (Revision Initiatives).

Thursday, December 2, 2010

As an individual:

Professor Sébastien Grammond, Dean and Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil Law, University of Ottawa.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joan Fraser, Chair

The Honourable John D. Wallace, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Angus, Baker, P.C., Boisvenu, Carignan, Chaput, *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 Lang replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (December 1, 2010).

The Honourable Senator Angus replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (December 1, 2010).