Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16
Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Issue No. 13
Consideration of a draft agenda (Future business)
and
Twenty-first, twenty-second and twenty-third meetings:
Study on matters pertaining to delays in Canada's criminal justice system
WITNESSES
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:
Graham Fraser, Commissioner;
Pascale Giguère, General Counsel, Legal Affairs Branch.
Murphy Toronto Lawyers:
Mary Murphy, Lawyer.
Henein Hutchison LLP:
Christine Mainville, Lawyer.
The Law Firm of David Genis:
David Genis, Lawyer.
Hale Criminal Law Office:
John H. Hale, Lawyer.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Canadian Bar Association:
Ian M. Carter, Treasurer, Criminal Justice Section;
Gaylene Schellenberg, Lawyer, Legislation and Law Reform.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Government of Nunavut:
William MacKay, Deputy Minister, Department of Justice (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), Dagenais, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., McInnis, McIntyre, Plett, Sinclair, 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 Batters replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (October 6, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Batters (October 6, 2016).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Raine (October 6, 2016).
The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (October 4, 2016).