Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12

Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN

Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Issue No. 28

First and second meetings on:

Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (elder abuse)

and

Third and fourth (final) meetings on:

Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Statutory Instruments Act and to make consequential amendments to the Statutory Instruments Regulations.

INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Statutory Instruments Act and to make consequential amendments to the Statutory Instruments Regulations

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings, December 5, 2012
• Minutes of Proceedings, December 6, 2012
• Seventeenth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, December 5, 2012 (65K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, December 6, 2012 (81K)

APPEARING

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

WITNESSES

Wednesday December 5, 2012

Department of Justice Canada:

Philippe Hallée, Deputy Chief Legislative Counsel;

Carole Morency, Acting Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;

Matthias Villetorte, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

Social Services Network:

Dr. Naila Butt, Executive Director.

Canadian Nurses Association:

Barbara Mildon, President;

Norma Freeman, Nurse Advisor, Professional Practice.

Montreal Jewish General Hospital:

Maxine Lithwick, Director, Department of Social Services (by videoconference).

Canadian Centre for Elder Law:

Laura Tamblyn Watts, Senior Fellow.

National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE):

Catherine Drillis, Co-chair, Legal Team.

As an individual:

Charmaine Spencer, Adjunct Professor, Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University (by videoconference).

Thursday December 6, 2012

Department of Justice Canada:

Philippe Hallée, Deputy Chief Legislative Counsel.

Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers:

William Trudell, Chair.

Ottawa Police Services:

Maria Neill, Detective, Elder Abuse Unit.

Canadian Association of Social Workers:

Morel Caissie, President (by videoconference).

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario:

Doris Grinspun, Chief Executive Officer.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Bob Runciman, Chair

The Honourable Joan Fraser, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Baker, P.C., Boisvenu, Cowan, *Cowan (or Tardif), Dagenais, Frum, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), McIntyre, Ngo, White

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga (December 5, 2012).

The Honourable Senator Enverga replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (December 5, 2012).