Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17

Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN

Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Issue No. 29

First meeting:

The subject matter of those elements contained in Divisions 10 and 17 of Part 4 of Bill C-44, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures

and

Fourth and fifth (final) meetings:

Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code

INCLUDING:
THE FIFTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-16)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings, May 16, 2017
• Minutes of Proceedings, May 17, 2017
• Minutes of Proceedings, May 18, 2017
• Fifteenth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 16, 2017
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 17, 2017
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, May 18, 2017

WITNESSES

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs:

Marc Giroux, Deputy Commissioner.

Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission:

Gil Rémillard, Chair, Quadrennial Commission;

Peter Griffin, Commissioner, Quadrennial Commission;

Margaret Bloodworth, Commissioner, Quadrennial Commission;

Louise Meagher, Executive Director.

Department of Justice:

Laurie Wright, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector;

Adair Crosby, Senior Counsel / Deputy Director, Judicial Affairs, Courts and Tribunal Policy;

Anna Dekker, Counsel, Judicial Affairs, Courts and Tribunal Policy.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

D. Jared Brown Professional Corporation:

D. Jared Brown, Lead Counsel.

As an individual:

Jordan B. Peterson, Professor, Psychology Department, University of Toronto.

Québec Women's Rights Association:

Michèle Sirois, President;

Diane Guilbault, Vice-President;

Lyne Jubinville, Treasurer and Webmaster.

As an individual:

Bruce Pardy, Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University.

Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms:

Jay Cameron, Barrister and Solicitor.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Bob Runciman, Chair

The Honourable George Baker, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators: