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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights

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

Chair: The Honourable MOBINA S. B. JAFFER

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013

Issue No. 24

Thirteenth meeting on:

Issue of cyberbullying in Canada with regard to Canada's international human rights obligations under Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Sixth 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

Monday, March 25, 2013

UNICEF Canada:

David Morley, President and CEO.

Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights:

The Honourable Landon Pearson (former senator), Chair;

Virginia Caputo, Director.

Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children:

Cheryl Milne, Chair;

Katherine Vandergrift, Past Chair and Head of Delegation for 3rd/4th Review of Canada at UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Canadian Heritage:

Martha LaBarge, Director General, Management and Human Rights.

Department of Justice Canada:

Jodie van Dieen, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Human Rights Law Section;

Josée Filion, Counsel, Human Rights Law Section.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:

Sarah Fountain Smith, Director General, International Organization, Human Rights and Democracy Bureau;

James Junke, Director, Human Rights, Governance and Indigenous Affairs Policy Division;

Anne Burgess, Acting Director, United Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division.

Public Health Agency of Canada:

Margaret Gillis, Senior Director, Division of Children, Seniors and Healthy Development.

Public Safety Canada:

Micheline Lavoie, Director, Serious & Organized Crime Strategies Division, Law Enforcement and Policing Branch.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:

Françoise Ducros, Assistant Deputy Minister, Education and Social Development Programs and Partnerships Sector;

Sheilagh Murphy, Director General, Social Policy and Programs Branch, Education and Social Development Programs and Partnerships Sector;

Keith Smith, Director, Intergovernmental and International Relations Directorate;

Daniel Ricard, Director General, Litigation Management and Resolution Branch.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Chair

The Honourable Salma Ataullajan, Deputy Chair

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Buth, *Cowan (or Tardif), Harb, Hubley, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Carignan), Ngo, Oh, White, Zimmer

*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 White replaced the Honourable Senator Meredith (March 25, 2013).

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

The Honourable Senator Meredith replaced the Honourable Senator White (March 25, 2013).

The Honourable Senator White replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (February 28, 2013).

The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator White (February 27, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Oh replaced the Honourable Senator Marshall (February 21, 2013).

The Honourable Senator Marshall replaced the Honourable Senator Brazeau (February 7, 2013).

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