Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Issue No. 25
First and second meetings:
Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts
APPEARING
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The Honourable Jane Philpott, P.C., M.P., Minister of Health.
WITNESSES
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Health Canada:
Hilary Geller, Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch;
Diane Labelle, General Counsel, Health Canada Legal Services.
Public Health Agency of Canada:
Dr. Theresa Tam, Interim Chief Public Health Officer.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
Chief Superintendant Andris Zarins, Director General, Federal Coordination Centres and Covert Operations, Federal Policing.
Canada Border Services Agency:
Lisa Janes, Director General, Border Operations.
Canada Post:
Chad Schella, General Manager, Government Affairs.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:
Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Bob Runciman, Chair
The Honourable George Baker, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Batters, Boisvenu, Boniface, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Dupuis, Galvez, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., McIntyre, Omidvar, Pate, Plett, Sinclair, White
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to Rule 12-5 and to the Order of the Senate of December 7, 2016, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Galvez replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (March 30, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Unger (March 30, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Unger replaced the Honourable Senator Dagenais (March 27, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Cormier (March 14, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Boniface replaced the Honourable Senator Hartling (March 14, 2017).