Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19

Chair: The Honourable SERGE JOYAL, P.C.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Monday, June 17, 2019
Thursday, June 20, 2019 (in camera)

Issue No. 65

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

Third (final) meeting:
Bill C-78, An Act to amend the Divorce Act, the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act

First and second (final) meetings:
Bill C-93, An Act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis

INCLUDING:
THE THIRTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-78)

INCLUDING:
THE THIRTY-FIFTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-93)

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings, June 12, 2019
• Minutes of Proceedings, June 13, 2019
• Minutes of Proceedings, June 17, 2019
• Minutes of Proceedings, June 20, 2019
• The Thirty-fourth Report
• The Thirty-fifth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, June 12, 2019
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, June 13, 2019
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, June 17, 2019

APPEARING:

The Honourable Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

WITNESSES

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Public Safety Canada:

Angela Arnet Connidis, Director General, Crime Prevention, Corrections and Criminal Justice Directorate;

Allison Davis, Manager, Criminal Justice Policy Unit.

Parole Board of Canada:

Ian Broom, Acting Director General, Policy and Operations;

Lisa Noseworthy, Acting Director, Clemency and Record Suspensions.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

Amanda Gonzalez, Manager, Civil Fingerprint Screening Services and Legislative Conformity.

Department of Justice Canada:

Ari Slatkoff, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel.

Monday, June 17, 2019

Canadian Bar Association:

William Thompson, Member at Large, Criminal Justice Section (by video conference).

Canadian Association of Black Lawyers:

Lori Anne Thomas, President (by video conference).

Campaign for Cannabis Amnesty:

Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, Director of Research (by video conference).

Department of Justice Canada:

Ari Slatkoff, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Deputy Chair

The Honourable Renée Dupuis, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Batters, Boniface, Carignan, P.C., Dalphond, *Day (or Mercer), Dean, Dyck, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), McIntyre, Pate, Pratte, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Gold (June 17, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Pratte replaced the Honourable Senator Forest (June 13, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Dean replaced the Honourable Senator Dasko (June 13, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Boisvenu replaced the Honourable Senator McInnis (June 12, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Forest replaced the Honourable Senator Pratte (June 12, 2019).

The Honourable Senator McInnis replaced the Honourable Senator Boisvenu (June 12, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Dasko replaced the Honourable Senator Lankin, P.C. (June 10, 2019).