Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable SERGE JOYAL, C.P.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Thursday, April 26, 2018 (in camera)
Issue No. 41
Seventh and eighth meetings:
Subject matter of those elements contained in Parts 1, 2, 8, 9 and 14 of Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts
APPEARING
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Bill Blair, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and to the Minister of Health.
WITNESSES
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Government of Quebec:
The Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier, M.N.A., Minister responsible for Canadian Relations and the Canadian Francophonie and Government House Leader.
As individuals:
Marwah Rizqy, Assistant Professor, Department of Taxation, Université de Sherbrooke's School of Management;
Miville Bédard, Retired Member of the Sûreté du Québec.
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), Eaton, Gold, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Jaffer, McIntyre, Pratte, Sinclair, *Smith (or Martin), *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 Eaton replaced the Honourable Senator Wells (April 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Wells replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (April 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator McCallum (April 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McCallum replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (April 25, 2018).