THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Wednesday, March 2, 2022
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[English]
Pursuant to the order of the Senate of November 25, 2021, the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs met 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 Boisvenu, Campbell, Clement, Dalphond, Harder, P.C., Jaffer, Pate and White (8).
Members of the committee present by videoconference: The Honourable Senators Carignan, P.C., Cotter, Dupuis and Wetston (4).
Other senators present: The Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne.
Participating in the meeting: Ferda Simpson, Procedural Clerk, Laurie-Anne Spooner, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Julian Walker and Michaela Keenan-Pelletier, analysts, Library of Parliament.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, the committee continued its examination of Bill S-210, An Act to restrict young persons' online access to sexually explicit material.
WITNESSES (by videoconference):
Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
André Boileau, Officer in Charge, National Child Exploitation Crime Centre.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission:
Scott Hutton, Chief of Consumer, Research and Communications;
Peter McCallum, Legal Counsel-Consultant.
CIO Strategy Council:
Keith Jansa, Executive Director;
Tim Bouma, Director, Verification and Assessments.
Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany):
Henning Mellage, Adviser.
André Boileau, Scott Hutton and Peter McCallum each made a statement and answered questions.
At 5:25 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 5:27 p.m., the committee resumed.
Keith Jansa, Tim Bouma and Henning Mellage each made a statement and answered questions.
At 6:19 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Mark Palmer
Clerk of the Committee