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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

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

Chair: The Honourable SERGE JOYAL, P.C.

Thursday, December 7, 2017
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Issue No. 33

First, second and third meetings:
Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Divorce Act (shared parenting plans)

WITNESSES

Thursday, December 7, 2017

The Honourable Senator Anne C. Cools, sponsor of the bill.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

As individuals:

Carey Linde, Lawyer, Law Offices of Carey Linde (by video conference);

Barclay Johnson, Lawyer, Barclay Johnson Law Office;

The Honourable Roger Gallaway, P.C., former Member of Parliament.

Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family:

John-Paul E. Boyd, Executive Director.

Association des avocats et avocates en droit familial du Québec:

Marie-Christine Kirouack, Past President of the AAADFQ and lawyer emeritus.

National Association of Women and the Law:

Pamela Cross, Member (by video conference).

Thursday, December 14, 2017

As individuals:

Nicholas Bala, Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University (by video conference);

Alain Roy, Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal.

Barreau du Québec:

Arianne Leblond, Lawyer, Secretariat of the Order and Legal Affairs;

Jocelyn Verdon, Chair, Family Law Committee.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Deputy Chair

The Honourable Renée Dupuis, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Batters, Boniface, Carignan, P.C., *Day (or Mercer), Fraser, Gold, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), McIntyre, Pratte, Sinclair, *Smith (or Martin), White, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator Moncion (December 14, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Dupuis replaced the Honourable Senator Pate (December 8, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Boniface replaced the Honourable Senator Duffy (December 8, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Moncion replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (December 7, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Dupuis (December 7, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Duffy replaced the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., (December 7, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C., replaced the Honourable Senator Boniface (December 1, 2017).

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