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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, P.C.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (in camera)
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Issue No. 42

Ninth (final) meeting:
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

and

Ninth and tenth meetings:
Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-THIRD REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(The 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)

WITNESSES

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Toronto Transit Commission:

Brian Leck, Head of Legal and General Counsel;

Megan MacRae, Executive Director, Human Resources.

Association du camionnage du Québec:

Nathalie Léveillé, Coordinator, Legal Affairs and Compliance (by video conference).

Railway Association of Canada:

Gérald Gauthier, Acting President;

Simon-Pierre Paquette, Legal Counsel, Canadian National Railway.

Federally Regulated Employers Transportation and Communications:

Derrick Hynes, Executive Director.

Canadian Ferry Association:

Serge Buy, Chief Executive Officer.

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

Wade Oldford, Chief Superintendent and Director General, National Forensic Laboratory Services;

Gillian Sayer, Toxicology Scientific Officer.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada:

Kathleen Fox, Chair;

Jean L. Laporte, Chief Operating Officer.

Cognitive Research Corporation:

Gary G. Kay, President, Associate Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medecine.

Altasciences Clinical Research:

Graham Wood, Chief Research and Development Officer.

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, *Day (or Mercer), Gold, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), Jaffer, Maltais, McIntyre, Pate, Pratte, Sinclair, *Smith (or Martin), Tkachuk, *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 Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Carignan, P.C. (May 3, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (May 3, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (May 2, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Boniface (May 2, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Pate (May 2, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Doyle (May 2, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Batters replaced the Honourable Senator Tkachuk (May 2, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Doyle replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (May 1, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Batters (May 1, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Jaffer replaced the Honourable Senator Mercer (May 1, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Mercer replaced the Honourable Senator Jaffer (May 1, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Sinclair (April 30, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (April 30, 2018).

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