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, September 19, 2018
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Issue No. 48
Third and fourth (final) meetings:
Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act
INCLUDING:
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-51)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
As an individual:
Michael Spratt, Partner, Abergel Goldstein & Partners.
Criminal Lawyer's Association:
Genevieve McInnes, Counsel;
Anne-Marie McElroy, Counsel.
Outaouais CAVAC:
Kathleen Dufour, Director General.
Indigenous Bar Association:
Katherine Hensel, Barrister and Solicitor.
Canadian Civil Liberties Association:
Samara Secter, Associate, Addario Law Group.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Department of Justice Canada:
Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;
Nathalie Levman, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;
Matthew Taylor, Acting Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.
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, Carignan, P.C., Dalphond, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Jaffer, McIntyre, Pate, 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 Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Boniface (September 19, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Dalphond replaced the Honourable Senator Gold (September 19, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Pate (September 13, 2018).