Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2001-02

Chair: The Honourable LORNA MILNE

Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Thursday, April 25, 2002

Issue No. 32

First and second meetings on:

Bill S-41, An Act to re-enact legislative instruments enacted in only one official language

APPEARING:

The Honourable Martin Cauchon, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, April 24, 2002

From the Department of Justice:

Warren J. Newman, General Counsel, Constitutional and Administrative Law Section;

Marc Tremblay, Senior Counsel, Official Languages Law Group.

Thursday, April 25, 2002

From the Privy Council Office:

Gerard McDonald, Director of Operations, Regulatory Affairs and Orders in Council Secretariat;

Michèle Currie, Coordinator, Special Committee of Council, Orders in Council Division;

Anthony Chapman, Senior Policy Analyst, Regulatory Affairs and Orders in Council Secretariat.

From the Department of Justice:

Marc Tremblay, Senior Counsel, Official Languages Law Group.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lorna Milne, Chair

The Honourable Gérald-A. Beaudoin, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Buchanan, P.C., Bryden, *Carstairs, P.C. (or Robichaud, P.C.), Cools, Fraser, Joyal, P.C., *Lynch- Staunton (or Kinsella), Moore, Nolin, Pearson, Rivest

*Ex Officio Members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Moore (April 24, 2002).

The name of the Honourable Senator Moore substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fitzpatrick (April 25, 2002).

Legal and Constitutional Affairs