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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15

Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN

Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015

Issue No. 28

First, second, third and fourth (final) meetings:

Bill C-32, An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts

INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-32, An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts)

APPEARING

The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., MP, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

The Honourable Steven Blaney, P.C., MP, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

WITNESSES

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Correctional Service Canada:

Don Head, Commissioner.

Parole Board of Canada:

Richard Clair, Executive Director General.

Department of Justice Canada:

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

Pamela Arnott, Director and Senior Counsel, Policy Centre for Victim Issues.

Public Safety Canada:

Kathy Thompson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety & Countering Crime Branch;

Angela Connidis, Director General, Corrections.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

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.

London Abused Women's Centre:

Megan Walker, Executive Director.

Criminal Lawyers' Association:

Michael Spratt, Member and Criminal Defence Counsel.

John Howard Society of Canada:

Catherine Latimer, Executive Director.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Canadian Parents of Murdered Children and Survivors of Homicide Victims:

Yvonne Lindfield, Co-founder, Manager, Education and Community Outreach.

As individuals:

Mona Lee;

Dale Sutherland.

Victimes d'agressions sexuelles au masculin (VASAM):

Alain Fortier, President;

Frank Tremblay, Vice-President.

Association of Families of Persons Assassinated or Disapeared:

Nancy Roy, General Manager.

Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers:

Nana Yanful, Representative.

Walk With Me Canada:

Robert Hooper, Chairperson, Board of Directors.

Canadian Bar Association:

Gaylene Schellenberg, Lawyer, Legislation and Law Reform;

Kathryn Pentz, NS Branch Section Chair — National Criminal Justice Section.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Department of Justice Canada:

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

Pamela Arnott, Director and Senior Counsel, Policy Centre for Victim Issues.

Correctional Service Canada:

Don Head, Commissioner.

Public Safety Canada:

Daryl Churney, Director, Corrections and Criminal Justice Division.

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, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., MacDonald, McInnis, McIntyre, 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 Hervieux-Payette, P.C., was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (April 1, 2015).

The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (April 1, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., was added to the membership (April 1, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (March 27, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (March 26, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (March 25, 2015).

The Honourable Senator White replaced the Honourable Senator Manning (March 25, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) (March 25, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Manning replaced the Honourable Senator White (March 25, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Hervieux-Payette, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (March 25, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Munson was removed from the membership of the committee, substitution pending (March 25, 2015).

The Honourable Senator Smith (Saurel) replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (March 24, 2015).

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