Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights
First Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2011-12
Chair: The Honourable MOBINA S. B. JAFFER
Monday, February 6, 2012
Issue No. 7
Third meeting on:
Issues relating to human rights and, inter alia, the review of the machinery of government dealing with Canada's international and national human rights obligations
WITNESSES
Department of Justice Canada:
Jodie van Dieen, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Human Rights Law Section.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:
David Angell, Director General, International Organizations, Human Rights and Democracy Bureau.
Canadian Heritage:
Martha LaBarge, Director General, Management and Human Rights.
Amnesty International Canada:
Alex Neve, Secretary General.
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation:
Leilani Farha, Executive Director.
Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD):
Sandeep Prasad, Executive Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Chair
The Honourable Patrick Brazeau, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Ataullahjan, Baker, P.C., *Cowan (or Tardif), Hubley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Martin, Meredith, Nolin, Plett, Zimmer
*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 Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Brazeau (February 6, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Nolin replaced the Honourable Senator Andreychuk (February 6, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Meredith replaced the Honourable Senator Seth (January 31, 2012).
The Honourable Senator Seth replaced the Honourable Senator Nancy Ruth (January 31, 2012).