Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12-13

Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN

Monday, March 25, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Issue No. 33

First and second (final) meetings on:

Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code

Third meeting on:

Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Criminal Code

INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings, March 25, 2013
• Minutes of Proceedings, March 26, 2013
• Minutes of Proceedings, March 27, 2013
• Twenty-third Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 25, 2013 (126K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 26, 2013 (41K)
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 27, 2013 (82K)

WITNESSES

Monday March 25, 2013

Justice Canada:

Donald Piragoff, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister;

Karen Audcent, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:

Chantal Bernier, Assistant Privacy Commissioner;

Patricia Kosseim, Senior General Counsel, Director General.

Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers:

Russell Silverstein, Representative.

Canadian Civil Liberties Association:

Michael Rosenberg, Legal counsel.

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police:

Warren Lemcke, Deputy Chief Constable, Vancouver Police Department (by video conference).

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Justice Canada:

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

Karen Audcent, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime:

Sue O'Sullivan, Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime.

Victims of Violence Canadian Centre for Missing Children :

Sharon Rosenfeldt, President.

Association of Families of Persons Assassinated or Disappeared:

Michel Surprenant, President.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Bob Runciman, Chair

The Honourable Joan Fraser, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Baker, P.C., Batters, Boisvenu, *Cowan (or Tardif), Dagenais, Frum, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), McIntyre, Rivest, 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 Frum replaced the Honourable Senator Ogilvie (March 27, 2013).

The Honourable Senator White replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (March 27, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator White (March 26, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Enverga (March 26, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Ogilvie replaced the Honourable Senator Buth (March 25, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Enverga replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (March 25, 2013).