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, April 5, 2017
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Issue No. 26
Third and fourth meetings:
Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts
WITNESSES
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Canadian Nurses Association:
Meaghan Thumath, Senior Public Health Nursing Expert;
Lisa Ashley, Senior Nurse Advisor, Policy, Advocacy and Strategy.
Province of British Columbia:
Dr. Perry Kendall, Provincial Health Officer (by video conference);
Clayton Pecknold, Assistant Deputy Minister and Director of Police Services (by video conference).
City of Vancouver:
Kerry Jang, City Councillor.
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use:
Kenneth Tupper, Director of Implementation and Partnerships (by video conference).
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition:
Donald MacPherson, Executive Director.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Canadian Police Association:
Tom Stamatakis, President (by video conference).
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police:
Chief Mario Harel, President;
Superintendent Paul Johnston, Co-chair, Drug Advisory Committee.
Ottawa Police Service:
Constable Craig Fairbairn, Drug Treatment Court Liaison Officer, Central Patrol Directorate.
Safer Ottawa:
Chris Grinham, Co-Founder.
Rideau Bakery Limited:
David Kardish, Owner.
Recovery Ottawa:
Dr. Mark Ujjainwalla, Medical Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Bob Runciman, Chair
The Honourable George Baker, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Batters, Boisvenu, Boniface, Dagenais, Doyle, Dupuis, Griffin, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., McIntyre, Pate, Pratte, Sinclair, *Smith (or Martin)
*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 Griffin replaced the Honourable Senator Omidvar (April 6, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Christmas (April 6, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Doyle replaced the Honourable Senator White (April 5, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Christmas replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (April 5, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator Galvez (March 31, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (March 30, 2017).