Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable A. RAYNELL ANDREYCHUK
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Issue No. 43
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
and
Fifth and sixth meetings:
Subject matter of Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and
Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts, insofar as it relates to Canada's international
obligations
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 18, 2018
- Minutes of Proceedings - April 19, 2018
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 18, 2018
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 19, 2018
WITNESSES
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Canadian Children's Rights Council:
Grant Wilson, President.
As an individual:
Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Senior Legal Research Fellow, Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Institute for Constitutional Government (by video conference).
Transform UK:
Steve Rolles, Senior Policy Analyst (by video conference).
Thursday, April 19, 2018
As individuals:
John Walsh, Director for Drug Policy and the Andes, Washington Office on Latin America;
Martin Jelsma, Director, Drugs and Democracy Programme, Transnational Institute.
REAL Women of Canada:
Gwendolyn Landolt, National Vice-President;
Diane Watts, Researcher.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable A. Raynell Andreychuk, Chair
The Honourable Anne C. Cools, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Ataullahjan, Bovey, Cordy, Dawson, *Day (or Mercer), Greene, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), MacDonald, Massicotte, Ngo, Oh, Saint-Germain, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Housakos replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (April 19, 2018).
The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (April 13, 2018).