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, May 9, 2018 (in camera)
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Issue No. 29
Sixth 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
First meeting:
Bill S-240, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
The Honourable Senator Salma Ataullahjan, sponsor of the bill.
As an individual:
David Matas, Lawyer.
International Coalition to end Transplant Abuse in China:
The Honourable David Kilgour, P.C.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime:
Aimée Comrie, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section (by video conference).
Criminal Lawyers' Association:
Dominic Lamb, Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, Edelson & Friedman LLP.
Canadian Society of Transplantation:
Dr. Jagbir Gill, Director; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Transplant Nephrologist, St. Paul's Hospital.
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)
Change 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 Brazeau replaced the Honourable Senator Cormier (May 2, 2018).