Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable WANDA ELAINE THOMAS BERNARD
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Issue No. 26
Fifth meeting:
Study the issues relating to human rights and, inter alia, to review the machinery of government dealing with Canada's international and national human rights obligations
Twenty-fourth meeting:
Study on the issues relating to the human rights of prisoners in the correctional system
WITNESSES
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
La Maison d'Haïti:
Marjorie Villefranche, Director General (by video conference);
Guerda Amazon, Coordinator (by video conference).
Black Cultural Society for Nova Scotia:
Craig Smith, Board Chair and President.
UBC Africa Awareness Initiative:
Kwezi Rutega, Vice-President of External Affairs (by video conference);
Towela Tembo, Vice-President of External Affairs (by video conference);
Agang Tema, Global Lounge Representative.
BC Black History Awareness Society:
Ron Nicholson, Member and Past Vice-President (by video conference).
As an individual:
Michelle Williams, Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia:
Emma Halpern, Executive Director (by video conference).
John Howard Society of Nova Scotia:
Fred Sanford, Vice President.
As individuals:
Claire McNeil, Lawyer, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service;
Vince Calderhead, Lawyer.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard, Chair
The Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Jane Cordy, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, Brazeau, *Day (or Mercer), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Hartling, Martin, Ngo, Pate, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)