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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011

The Honourable JOHN D. WALLACE

Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Issue No. 1

Organization meeting
First and second (final) meetings on:
Subject-matter and consideration of Bill C-2, An Act  to amend the Criminal Code (mega-trials)

First (final) meeting on:
Bill S-1001, An Act respecting Queen's University at Kingston

INCLUDING:
THE FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Rule 104 — expenses incurred by the committee during the Third Session of the Fortieth Parliament)

THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mega-trials))

THE THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill S-1001, An Act respecting Queen's University at Kingston)

APPEARING

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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

WITNESSES

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Department of Justice Canada:

Catherine Kane, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;

Anouk Desaulniers, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

As an individual (by video conference):

The Honourable Patrick J. LeSage, CM, OOnt, Q.C.

Public Prosecution Service of Canada:

Don Beardall, General Counsel;

Nancy Irving, General Counsel.

Canadian Bar Association:

Suhail Akhtar, Executive Member, National Criminal Justice Section;

Kerri Froc, Staff Lawyer, Law Reform and Equality.

Association des procureurs aux poursuites criminelles et pénales:

Thomas Jacques, Vice-President.

Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers:

Ferhan Javed, Defence Counsel.

Criminal Lawyers' Association:

Michael Spratt, Director.

 

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

Bob Paulson, Deputy Commissioner, Federal Policing.

Canadian Association of Crown Counsel:

Jamie Chaffe, President.

Department of Justice Canada:

Anouk Desaulniers, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

As individuals:

Jacques Dupuis;

Richard Dupuis;

James Stribopoulous, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School;

Bruce A. MacFarlane, Q.C.;

Queen's University:

Robert A. Little, Q.C., Counsel.

The Honourable Senator Lowell Murray, P.C., sponsor of bill.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable John D. Wallace, Chair

The Honourable Joan Fraser, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Angus, Baker, P.C., Banks, Boisvenu, Chaput, *Cowan (or Tardif), Frum, Joyal, P.C., Lang, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Meredith, Runciman

* 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 Runciman replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (June 23, 2011).

The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Runciman (June 23, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Watt (June 23, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Baker, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Banks (June 22, 2011).

The Honourable Senator Banks replaced the Honourable Senator Baker, P.C. (June 22, 2011).

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