THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Wednesday, June 2, 2021
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[English]

Pursuant to the order of the Senate of March 30, 2021, the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs met this day by videoconference at 4:01 p.m. [ET], the chair, the Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, presiding. This meeting is considered to have taken place in the parliamentary precinct.

Members of the committee present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Batters, Boisvenu, Boniface, Boyer, Campbell, Carignan, P.C., Cotter, Dalphond, Dupuis, Jaffer and Simons (11).

Other senators present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Miville-Dechêne and Pate (2).

Participating in the meeting: Joëlle Nadeau, Procedural Clerk, Committees Directorate; Michaela Keenan-Pelletier and Julian Walker, 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, March 16, 2021, the committee continued its consideration of Bill S-203, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to sexually explicit material.

WITNESSES (by videoconference):

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:

Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner of Canada;

Martyn Turcotte, Director, Technology Analysis Directorate.

Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers:

Brian Hurley, Director.

As an individual:

Emily Laidlaw, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law and Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Therrien, Mr. Turcotte, Mr. Hurley and Ms. Laidlaw each made a statement and answered questions.

At 4:53 p.m., the committee suspended.

At 4:56 p.m., the committee resumed.

At 5:59 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Mark Palmer

Clerk of the Committee