Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013
Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Issue No. 1
Organization meeting
and
First and second (final) meetings on:
The subject-matter of Division 19 of Part 3 of Bill C-4, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures
INCLUDING:
THE FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Rule 12-26 — Expenses incurred by the committee during the First Session of
the Forty-first Parliament)
THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(The subject-matter of those elements contained in Division 19 of Part 3 of
Bill C-4)
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings, November 7, 2013
- Minutes of Proceedings, November 21, 2013
- Minutes of Proceedings, November 27, 2013
- First Report
- Second Report
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, November 7, 2013 (21K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, November 21, 2013 (98K)
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, November 27, 2013 (58K)
APPEARING
The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
WITNESSES
Thursday, November 21, 2013
As individuals:
Paul Daly, Assistant Professor of Law, Université de Montréal;
Benoît Pelletier, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa;
The Honourable Michel Bastarache, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada;
Carissima Mathen, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Department of Justice Canada:
Jonathan Shanks, Counsel, Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Bob Runciman, Chair
The Honourable George Baker, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:Batters, Boisvenu, Braley, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Dagenais, Frum, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., McIntyre, Plett, Rivest
*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 Braley replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (November 21, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Beyak (November 21, 2013).
The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Braley (November 21, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Beyak replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (November 20, 2013).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator White (November 7, 2013).