THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
OTTAWA, Thursday, November 9, 2023
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs met this day at 11:47 a.m., in room B30, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Brent Cotter, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Batters, Boisvenu, Clement, Cotter, Dalphond, Dupuis, Jaffer, Klyne, Patterson (Nunavut), Prosper and Simons (11).
Other senators present: The Honourable Senator Dagenais (1).
Participating in the meeting: Aoife Mc Donald, Administrative Assistant, Committees Directorate; Michaela Keenan-Pelletier and Iryna Zazulya, analysts, Library of Parliament.
Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, November 3, 2022, the committee began its consideration of Bill S-231, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Criminal Records Act, the National Defence Act and the DNA Identification Act.
WITNESSES:
Criminal Lawyers Association:
Stephanie DiGiuseppe, Director (by videoconference).
As individuals:
Greg Yost, Retired Counsel, Department of Justice Canada;
David A. Bird, Retired Counsel, Department of Justice Canada;
Christopher N. Maguire, Forensic Scientist, ForGenetica Consultants Ltd. (by videoconference);
Michael Crawford, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Windsor;
Katharina Clausius, Associate Professor, Department of Global Literatures and Languages, Université de Montréal.
Greg Yost, David A. Bird and Christopher N. Maguire each made a statement and answered questions.
At 12:51 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 12:56 p.m., the committee resumed.
Michael Crawford, Katharina Clausius and Stephanie DiGiuseppe each made a statement and answered questions.
At 1:44 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.
ATTEST:
Vincent Labrosse
Clerk of the Committee