THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Wednesday, December 2, 2020
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[English]

Pursuant to the order of the Senate of November 17, 2020, the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs met in camera this day in room C128, Senate of Canada Building, and with videoconference at 4:18 p.m. [ET], the chair, the Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Batters, Carignan, P.C., Campbell, Dalphond and Plett (5).

Members of the committee present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Boisvenu, Cotter, Dupuis, Gold, P.C., Jaffer, Keating, Pate, Petitclerc and Tannas (9).

Other senators present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Kutcher, Lankin, P.C. and Moodie (3).

Participating in the meeting: Joelle Nadeau, Procedural Clerk, Committees Directorate; Julian Walker and Michaela Keenan-Pelletier, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, the committee continued its examination of the subject matter of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).

The committee considered a draft agenda (future business).

It was agreed that each committee member be allowed to have one staff person present at in camera meetings, and that non-members be allowed to have one staff person present at in camera meetings, provided that the non-member is present, unless otherwise agreed to by the committee.

It was agreed that the committee allow the transcription of today’s in camera meeting, that one copy be kept with the clerk of the committee for consultation by committee members or staff, and that the transcript be destroyed by the clerk when authorized to do so by the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, but no later than at the end of this parliamentary session. At 6:02 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

Attest:

Mark Palmer

Clerk of the Committee