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, May 6, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Issue No. 30
First meeting:
Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
and
Third meeting:
Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for labour organizations)
APPEARING
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P., Minister of Health;
The Honourable Steven Blaney, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
WITNESSES
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Health Canada:
Hilary Geller, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch;
Diane Labelle, General Counsel, Legal Services;
Jacqueline Gonçalves, Director General, Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
Chief Superintendent Eric Slinn, Director General, Support Services, Federal Policing.
Public Safety Canada:
Trevor Bhupsingh, Director General, Law Enforcement and Border Strategies Directorate.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Canadian Police Association:
Tom Stamatakis, President (by video conference).
Unifor:
Jerry Dias, National President.
Canadian LabourWatch Association:
John Mortimer, President.
Government of Nova Scotia:
The Honourable Kelly Regan, M.L.A., Minister of Labour and Advanced Education (by video conference).
CLAC:
Dick Heinen, Executive Director.
As individuals:
D. Cameron Hunter, Principal, Eckler Ltd.;
Ian Lee, Assistant Professor, Carleton University;
Bruce Ryder, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School (by video conference).
Canadian Taxpayers Federation:
Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:
Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner.
Government of Ontario:
The Honourable Kevin Flynn, M.P.P., Minister of Labour (by video conference).
Writers Guild of Canada:
Laurie Channer, Director of Industrial Relations (by video conference).
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., McInnis, McIntyre, Plett, Ringuette, White
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)