All Studies & Bills

Studies & Bills	Committee	Date Referred	note	note
The expenditures set out in Library of Parliament Vote 1 of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019	Library of Parliament (Joint) BILI	(2018-04-18)
Bill S-240, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs)	Human Rights RIDR	(2018-04-17)
Bill C-66, An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and to make related amendments to other Acts	Human Rights RIDR	(2018-03-27)
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 11:30 AM Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 11:59 AM The Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Public Safety Canada) Daryl Churney, Executive Director General, Record Suspension and Clemency (Parole Board of Canada) Angela Connidis, Director General, Crime Prevention, Corrections and Criminal Justice Directorate (Public Safety Canada) Serge Côté, Chief Superintendent, Director General, Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services, Specialized Policing Services (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Shawn Scromeda, Senior Counsel, Public Safety, Defense and Immigration Portfolio, Public Safety Legal Services (Department of Justice Canada) Kathy Thompson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety and Countering Crime Branch (Public Safety Canada) Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 11:33 AM Maya Borooah, Defence Counsel, Henein Hutchison (Criminal Lawyers' Association) Angela Chaisson, Defence Counsel, Chaisson Law (Criminal Lawyers' Association) Ross Higgins, Member, Board of Governors and Head of Collections (Quebec Gay Archives) Tom Hooper, Contract Faculty, Department of History, York University (As an Individual) Gary Kinsman, Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Laurentian University (As an Individual) James Lockyer, Senior Counsel, Innocence Canada (As an Individual) Jacques Prince, President, Board of Governors (Quebec Gay Archives) Ronald Rosenes, C.M., Community Health Advocate and Board Chair, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (As an Individual) Martine Roy, Member (Just Society Committee)
Develop and propose amendments to the Rules of the Senate to establish the Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight	Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament RPRD	(2018-03-27)
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 9:33 AM The Honourable Senator David M. Wells
Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts	Social Affairs, Science and Technology SOCI	(2018-03-22)
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:30 AM Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 3:00 PM Witness(es) to follow (Barreau du Québec) The Honourable Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Deputy Chair (Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs) Paul J. Calarco, Member, Criminal Justice Section (Canadian Bar Association) The Honourable Senator Dan Christmas, Member (Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples) The Honourable Senator Renée Dupuis, Deputy Chair (Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs) The Honourable Senator Lillian Eva Dyck, Chair (Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples) Annamaria Enenajor, Criminal Lawyer (Criminal Lawyers' Association) The Honourable Senator Serge Joyal, P.C., Chair (Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs) Gaylene Schellenberg, Lawyer, Legislation and Law Reform (Canadian Bar Association) Michael Spratt, Criminal Lawyer (Criminal Lawyers' Association) The Honourable Senator Scott Tannas, Deputy Chair (Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples) Monday, April 30, 2018 at 2:00 PM Michael Bourque, Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Real Estate Association) Neil Boyd, Professor, Department of Criminology, Simon Fraser University (As an Individual) John Conroy, Lawyer (As an Individual) Solomon Friedman, Criminal Defence Lawyer, Edelson & Friedman LLP (As an Individual) Randall McCauley, Vice President, Government and Public Relations (Canadian Real Estate Association) Jonathan Page, Chief Executive Officer (Anandia Labs) Sean Robichaud, Criminal Defence Lawyer, Robichaud's Barristers & Solicitors (As an Individual) Deputy Chief Constable Mike Serr, Co-Chair, Drug Advisory Committee (Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police) Ernest Small, Principal Research Scientist, Science and Technology Branch (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Inspector Bill Spearn (Vancouver Police Department) Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 10:30 AM Murray Elliott, President (Energy Safety Canada) Derrick Hynes, Executive Director (FETCO) Christopher MacDonald, Member, Director, Government Relations, J.D. Irving, Limited (FETCO) Chris Moore, Manager, Training & Education Services (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) Tara Peel, National Representative, Health & Safety (Canadian Labour Congress) Hassan Yussuff, President (Canadian Labour Congress) Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 3:15 PM Glen Barnes, Advisory Council Member (Drug Free Kids Canada) Grace Costa, General Manager, Eva’s Satellite (Eva’s Initiatives) Connor Fesenmaier, Advisory Council Member (Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada (SAMC)) Emily Jenkins, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia (As an Individual) Corey O’Soup, Advocate (Saskatchewan Advocate For Children and Youth) Marc Paris, Executive Director (Drug Free Kids Canada) Danielle Sutherland, Curriculum Development Manager (Skylark Children, Youth & Families) Kristen Szekszardi, Advanced Peer Worker (alumni) (Eva’s Initiatives) Jenna Valleriani, Strategic Advisor (Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy) Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 10:31 AM Dr. Christine Campbell, Family Medicine Resident (College of Family Physicians of Canada) Ian Culbert, Executive Director (Canadian Public Health Association) Dr. Eileen de Villa, Medical Officer of Health (City of Toronto Health Unit) Katherine Eberl Kelly, Executive Director (Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health) Lucie Granger, Executive Director (Association pour la santé publique du Québec) Andrew Mendes, Director of Operations (Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services) Sudha Sabanadesan, Policy Development Officer (City of Toronto Health Unit) Josh Watt, Representative, Executive Director, Manitoba School Board Association (Canadian School Boards Association) Marion Wright, Executive Director (Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services) Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 3:45 PM Lynda Balneaves, Registered Nurse and Medical and Non-Medical Cannabis Researcher (Canadian Nurses Association) Dr. Jeff Blackmer, Vice-President, Medical Professionalism (Canadian Medical Association) Michael R. DeVillaer, Assistant Professor, Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, McMaster University (As an Individual) Benedikt Fischer, Addiction Chair, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto (Canadian Research Initiative on Substance Misuse (CRISM)) Dr. Didier Jutras-Aswad, Principal Scientist, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier, Université de Montréal (CRCHUM) (Canadian Research Initiative on Substance Misuse (CRISM)) Dr. Laurent Marcoux, President (Canadian Medical Association) Dr. Robert Milin, Representative, Head, Division of Addiction & Mental Health, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa (Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Karey Shuhendler, Program Lead, Public Policy (Canadian Nurses Association) Dr. Philip Tibbo, Representative, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University (Canadian Psychiatric Association) Monday, April 16, 2018 at 2:00 PM Pippa Beck, Senior Policy Analyst (Non-Smokers’ Rights Association) Dr. Meldon Kahan, Medical Director, Substance Use Service, Women’s College Hospital, Department of Family Medicine, University of Toronto (As an Individual) Dr. Harold Kalant, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medecine, University of Toronto (As an Individual) Dr. Bernard Le Foll, Medical Head (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) Dr. Sharon Levy, Medical Director, Adolescent Substance Abuse Program, Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School (As an Individual) Amy Porath, Director of Research (Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction) David Sweanor, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa (As an Individual) Melodie Tilson, Director of Policy (Non-Smokers’ Rights Association) Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 10:30 AM Chak Kwong Au, Councillor (City of Richmond) Peggy Bachman, Director, Office of Government and Municipal Relations (Ville de Montréal) Bill Karsten, First Vice President, councillor, City of Halifax (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) Alana Lavoie, Manager of Policy and Research (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) Marie-Pierre Rouette, Member, Government Relations (Ville de Montréal) Shayne Turner, Director, By-Law Enforcement (City of Waterloo) Matt Zabloski, Business Strategist, Calgary Community Standards (City of Calgary) Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 4:13 PM Bill Blair, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and to the Minister of Health (As an Individual) The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, P.C., Minister of Health (Health Canada) John Clare, Director, Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs (Health Canada) Eric Costen, Director General, Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Secretariat (Health Canada) Diane Labelle, General Counsel (Department of Justice Canada) Paul Saint-Denis, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section (Department of Justice Canada)
Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Salaries Act and to make a consequential amendment to the Financial Administration Act	National Finance NFFN	(2018-03-21)
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 9:31 AM The Honourable Bardish Chagger, P.C., M.P., Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Small Business and Tourism) Martha Boyle, Privy Council Officer, Machinery of Government (Privy Council Office) Allen Sutherland, Assistant Secretary, Machinery of Government (Privy Council Office)
Government response to the sixteenth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, entitled The Deepening Crisis in Venezuela: Canadian and Regional Stakes, tabled in the Senate on July 20, 2017	Foreign Affairs and International Trade AEFA	(2018-03-20)
Government response to the twelfth report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance, entitled Smarter Planning, Smarter Spending: Achieving infrastructure success, deposited with the Clerk of the Senate on February 28, 2017	National Finance NFFN	(2018-03-20)
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 6:52 PM The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, P.C., M.P., Minister of Infrastructure and Communities (Infrastructure and Communities) Darlene Boileau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer (Infrastructure Canada) Laura Di Paolo, Director General, Program Integration (Infrastructure Canada) Kelly Gillis, Deputy Minister (Infrastructure Canada) Sean Keenan, Director General, Strategic and Horizontal Policy (Infrastructure Canada)
Bill C-70, An Act to give effect to the Agreement on Cree Nation Governance between the Crees of Eeyou Istchee and the Government of Canada, to amend the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts	Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples APPA	(2018-03-01)
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 9:00 AM Perry Billingsley, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Treaties and Aboriginal Government (Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) Abel Bosum, Grand Chief (Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee)) Matthew Coon Come, Former Grand Chief (Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee)) Mandy Gull, Deputy Grand Chief (Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee)) Kaitlyn Hester-Moses, Youth Grand Chief (Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee)) John Hurley, Partner (Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP) Paul John Murdoch, Lawyer (Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee)) Bill Namagoose, Executive Director (Grand Council of the Cree (Eeyou Istchee)) Sylvain Ouellet, Director General, Negotiations East Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government (Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada) Geneviève Thériault, Senior Counsel (Department of Justice Canada)
Examine and report on issues relating to agriculture and forestry generally	Agriculture and Forestry AGFO	(2018-03-01)
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 6:00 PM Deron Caplan, PhD candidate, University of Guelph (As an Individual) Michael Dixon, Professor and Director, Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph (As an Individual) Mark Lefsrud, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University (As an Individual) Dennis Prouse, Vice-President, Government Affairs (CropLife Canada) Karen Stephenson, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Stakeholder Relations (Scotts Canada Limited) Dr. Maria Trainer, Director of Regulatory Affairs (CropLife Canada) Youbin Zheng, Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph (As an Individual) Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 6:07 PM Susan Antler, Executive Director (Compost Council of Canada) Cam Battley, Member of the Board (Micron Waste Technologies Inc.) Brian King, Director of Compost Operations (GFL Environmental Inc.) Alfred Wong, President (Micron Waste Technologies Inc.)

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