Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Issue 12 - Minutes of Proceedings
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs met at 5:10 p.m. this day in room 257, East Block, the Honourable Senator Milne, Chair, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Beaudoin, Cools, Fraser, Grafstein, Joyal, P.C., Milne, Moore, Nolin and Pearson (10).
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Holmes and David Goetz.
Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.
Pursuant to the Order of Reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, September 25, 2001, the committee continued its study of Bill C-7, An Act in respect of criminal justice for young persons and to amend and repeal other Acts. (For complete text of Order of Reference see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 11.)
WITNESSES:
From Statistics Canada:
Roy Jones, Director, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.
From the Department of Justice:
Catherine Latimer, General Counsel and Director General;
Paula Kingston, Counsel;
Dick Barnhorst, Senior Counsel;
Yolande Viau, Counsel;
Bruno Marceau, Senior Policy Analyst.
Roy Jones made an opening presentation and answered questions.
At 6:33 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 6:53 p.m., the meeting resumed.
Catherine Latimer made an opening statement and together with Paula Kingston, Dick Barnhorst, Bruno Marceau and Yolande Viau, answered questions.
At 9:10 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
ATTEST:
Jill Anne Joseph
Clerk of the Committee
OTTAWA, Wednesday, October 17, 2001
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs met at 4:02 p.m. this day in room 257, East Block, the Honourable Senator Milne, Chair, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Beaudoin, Buchanan, Cools, Fraser, Grafstein, Joyal, P.C., Milne, Moore, Nolin and Pearson (11).
Other senator present: The Honourable Senator Christensen (1).
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Holmes and David Goetz.
Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.
Pursuant to the Order of Reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, September 25, 2001, the committee continued its study of Bill C-7, An Act in respect of criminal justice for young persons and to amend and repeal other Acts. (For complete text of Order of Reference see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 11.)
WITNESSES:
From the Canadian Police Association:
David Griffin, Executive Officer.
From the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police:
Vince Westwick, L.L.B., General Counsel, Ottawa Police Service, Co-Chair, Law Amendments Committee;
Deputy Chief Clayton Pecknold, Central Saanich Police Service, Member, law Amendments Committee.
From the Canadian School Boards Association:
Bruce Wallace, First Vice President;
Marie Pierce, Executive Director.
From the Canadian Teachers' Federation:
Harvey Weiner, Deputy Secretary General;
Damian Solomon, Acting Director of ProfessionalDevelopment.
Mr. Westwick, Deputy Chief Pecknold and Mr. Griffin each made an opening statement and answered questions.
The committee recessed at 5:47 p.m.
The committee resumed at 6:05 p.m.
Mrs. Pierce, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Weiner and Mr. Soloman each made an opening statement and answered questions.
At 7:31 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
ATTEST:
Daniel Charbonneau
Acting Clerk of the Committee
OTTAWA, Thursday, October 18, 2001
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs met at 11:00 a.m. this day in room 257, East Block, the Honourable Senator Milne, Chair, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Beaudoin, Cools, Fraser, Joyal, P.C., Milne, Moore, Nolin and Pearson (9).
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Holmes and David Goetz.
Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.
Pursuant to the Order of Reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, September 25, 2001, the committee continued its study of Bill C-7, An Act in respect of criminal justice for young persons and to amend and repeal other Acts. (For complete text of Order of Reference see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 11.)
WITNESSES:
From the Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates:
Judy Finlay, Chief Advocate and Manager, Office of Child and Family Service Advocacy, Toronto, Ontario;
Deborah Parker-Loewen, President of the Council and Children`s Advocate, Children`s Advocate Office, Saska toon, Saskatchewan.
From the Youth Canada Association:
Dave Farthing, Executive Director;
Robert Paiement, Senior Advisor;
Cathy Ann Kelly, Board Member;
Rebecca Jaremko, Youth Coordinator.
From the National Youth in Care Network:
Matthew Geigen-Miller, Director of Education.
From Save the Children Canada:
Cherry Kingsley, Manager.
Deborah Parker-Loewen and Judy Finlay made an opening statement.
Cathy Ann Kelly, Robert Paiement, Rebecca Jaremko and Dave Farthing made an opening statement.
Cherry Kingsley made an opening statement.
The witnesses answered questions.
At 1:15 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
ATTEST:
Jill Anne Joseph
Clerk of the Committee