Skip to content
RIDR - Standing Committee

Human Rights

Meeting Detail

Videoconference
Televised live on PTN
Thursday, May 21, 2026
* 8:00 a.m. ET
Location: Room B45, Senate of Canada Building, 2 Rideau Street, Ottawa ON, with videoconference
Clerk: Caroline Woodward (343) 597-0602
Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)
Appearing
  • The Honourable Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (Department of Justice Canada)
Witnesses
  • Reverend Andrea Anderson (African United Baptist Association)
  • Abram Benedict, Ontario Regional Chief (Chiefs of Ontario)
  • Marianne Breese, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada)
  • Linda Debassige, Grand Council Chief (Anishinabek Nation)
  • Reverend Cheri DiNovo, Former Member of the Provincial Parliament and Clergy (As an Individual)
  • Victoria Pruden, President (Métis National Council)
  • Owen Ripley, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector (Department of Justice Canada)
  • Kevin Robertson, Bishop (Diocese of Toronto, Anglican Church of Canada)
  • Deborah-Zita Somakoko, President and Founder (Black-Manitobans Chamber of Commerce)
  • Craig Wellington, Chief Executive Officer (Black Opportunity Fund)
  • Joanna Wells, Senior Counsel and Team Lead, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada)
  • Ryan Weston, Lead Animator, Public Witness for Social and Ecological Justice (Anglican Church of Canada)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription
* Please note meeting changes.
Back to top