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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14

Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN

Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Issue No.7

First, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth meetings on:

The subject-matter of Bill C-23, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts

INCLUDING:
THE SIXTH (INTERIM) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(The subject-matter of Bill C-23)

APPEARING

The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, P.C., M.P., Minister of State (Democratic Reform)

WITNESSES

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 (morning)

Privy Council Office:

Isabelle Mondou, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Legal Operations;

Marc Chénier, Senior Privy Council Officer, Counsel, Democratic Reform.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 (afternoon meeting)

Elections Canada:

Marc Mayrand, Chief Electoral Officer;

Stéphane Perrault, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Legal Services, Compliance and Investigations.

As individuals:

Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada;

Sheila Fraser, Former Auditor General of Canada;

Gerald Chipeur, Lawyer, Miller Thomson.

Canadian National Institute for the Blind:

Diane Bergeron, National Director of Government Relations and Advocacy.

People First of Ontario:

Kory Earle, President.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 (morning meeting)

As an individual:

Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Senior Consultant to Policy Exchange, Constitutional Affairs (by video conference).

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 (afternoon meeting)

CIVIX:

Taylor Gunn, President.

As individuals:

Pauline Beange, Lecturer, University of Toronto;

Paul Howe, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, University of New Brunswick (by video conference);

Paul Thomas, Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba;

Nelson Wiseman, Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Toronto.

Thursday, April 10, 2014 (morning meeting)

Elections Canada:

Yves Côté, Commissioner of Canada Elections;

Audrey Nowack, Senior Counsel, Compliance and Enforcement.

As an individual:

Harry Neufeld, Former Chief Electoral Officer, Elections BC.

Thursday, April 10, 2014 (afternoon meeting)

Pirate Party of Canada:

Ric Lim, Representative.

Party for Accountability, Competency and Transparency:

Michael Nicula, Party Leader.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Bob Runciman, Chair

The Honourable George Baker, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Batters, Boisvenu, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Dagenais, Frum, Joyal, P.C., McInnis, McIntyre, Moore, 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 McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (April 9, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (April 8, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Moore replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (April 8, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator Patterson (April 4, 2014).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Meredith (April 4, 2014).

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