Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
National Security and Defence
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable GWEN BONIFACE
Monday, March 26, 2018
Issue No. 22
Second meeting:
Subject matter of Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts, insofar as it relates to Canada's borders
APPEARING
The Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
WITNESSES
As an individual:
Lorne Waldman, Lawyer.
Public Safety Canada:
Trevor Bhupsingh, Director General, Law Enforcement and Border Strategies.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Gwen Boniface, Chair
The Honourable Jean-Guy Dagenais, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Mobina S.B. Jaffer, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Boisvenu, Brazeau, *Day (or Mercer), Dean, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), McIntyre, Mercer, Mitchell, Oh, Richards, *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 Dean replaced the Honourable Senator McPhedran (March 26, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Brazeau replaced the Honourable Senator Dean (March 21, 2018).