Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17
Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Issue No. 28
First, second and third meetings:
Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code
APPEARING
Thursday, May 4, 2017
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
WITNESSES
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Department of Justice:
William Pentney, Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada;
Laurie Wright, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector.
As individuals:
Brenda Cossman, Director, Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies and Professor of Law, University of Toronto;
Kimberley Manning, Principal, Simone de Beauvoir Institute and Associate Professor, Political Science, Concordia University;
Melissa Potvin (Schaettgen), Parent Advocate and Community Leader.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
As individuals:
Gad Saad, Professor and Chair in Evolutionary Behavioural Sciences and Darwinian Consumption, Concordia University;
Theryn Meyer.
WOMAN Means Something Campaign:
Paul Dirks.
As an individual:
Meghan Murphy.
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter:
Hilla Kerner, Collective Member.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Sherbourne Health Centre:
Devon MacFarlane, Director, Rainbow Health Ontario.
Marni Panas Consulting:
Marni Panas, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant and Community Leader.
As individuals:
Greta Bauer, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario;
N. Nicole Nussbaum, Barrister and Solicitor.
Canadian Bar Association:
Siobhan O'Brien;
Marie Laure Leclercq.
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, Dupuis, Frum, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., Omidvar, Pate, Plett, 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 Plett replaced the Honourable Senator White (May 10, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (May 10, 2017).
The Honourable Senator White replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (May 5, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (May 5, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator White (May 3, 2017).
The Honourable Senator Frum replaced the Honourable Senator McIntyre (April 26, 2017).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (April 13, 2017).