Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19
Chair: The Honourable WANDA ELAINE THOMAS BERNARD
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Issue No. 38
Thirty-third and thirty-fourth meetings:
Study on the issues relating to the human rights of prisoners in the correctional system
Seventh meeting:
Examine and monitor issues relating to human rights and, inter alia, to review the machinery of government dealing with Canada's international and national human rights obligations
WITNESSES
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Office of the Correctional Investigator:
Ivan Zinger, Correctional Investigator of Canada;
Marie-France Kingsley, Executive Director.
As individuals:
Howard Sapers, Former Correctional Investigator of Canada.
Kyle Kirkup, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.
Canadian Human Rights Commission:
Sheila Osborne-Brown, Senior Legal Counsel;
Marcella Daye, Senior Policy Advisor.
West Coast Prison Justice Society:
Jennifer Metcalfe, Executive Director, Prisoners' Legal Services (by video conference).
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies:
Diana Majury, President.
John Howard Society of Canada:
Catherine Latimer, Executive Director.
WhitePath Consulting:
Peggy Shaughnessy, Founder.
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada:
Debi Daviau, President;
Éric Massey, PIPSC Steward.
Union of Safety and Justice Employees:
Stan Stapleton, National President;
Nancy Peckford, Special Advisor.
Think 2wice:
Zya Brown, Founder;
Jafari Fraser, Facilitator.
Breakaway:
Rick Sauvé, Facilitator (by video conference);
Leon Boswell, Participant (by video conference);
Philip Atkins, Participant (by video conference).
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:
Boyer, Brazeau, Cormier, *Day (or Mercer), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Ngo, Pate, *Smith (or Martin), White, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Cormier replaced the Honourable Senator Hartling (February 5, 2019).
The Honourable Senator White replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (February 5, 2019).