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, September 19, 2018 (in camera)
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Issue No. 33

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

and

Twenty-eighth meeting:
Study on the issues relating to the human rights of prisoners in the correctional system

WITNESSES

Thursday, October 4, 2018

John Howard Society of Manitoba:

John Hutton, Executive Director.

The Micah Mission:

David Feick, Executive Director.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon:

Dianne Anderson, Coordinator, Restorative Ministry.

Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba:

Ashley Pankiw, Provincial Reintegration Worker.

Indigenous Women's Healing Centre:

Annetta Armstrong, Executive Director.

Manitoba Metis Federation:

Julyda Lagimodiere, Minister of Justice.

Southern Chiefs' Organization:

Chantell Barker, Community Justice Development Coordinator.

As individuals:

Ryan Steven Beardy, Former Inmate; Political Science Student, University of Winnipeg; Board of Directors, John Howard Society;

Katharina Maier, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg;

Jason Demers, Lecturer, Department of English, University of Regina;

Serena Hickes.

Black Space Winnipeg:

Alexa Potashnik, President and Founder.

Jones Law Office:

Zilla Jones, Defence Counsel.

Legal Aid Manitoba:

Allison Fenske, Attorney, Public Interest Law Centre.

STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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 (August 21, 2018).