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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Third Session Thirty-seventh Parliament, 2004

Chair: The Honourable GEORGE J. FUREY

Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Thursday, April 1, 2004

Issue No. 5

Second (last) meeting on: Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts and

First meeting on: Bill C-17, An Act to amend certain Acts

and

First and second meetings on: Bill C-20, An Act to change the names of certain electoral districts

INCLUDING: THE SIXTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (Bill C-14)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Jacques Saada, P.C., M.P., Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and
Minister responsible for Democratic Reform

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

On Bill C-14

From the Treasury Board Secretariat:

Michelle d'Auray, Chief Information Officer.

On Bill C-17

AS A PANEL:

From the Privy Council Office:

Matthew Lynch, Privy Council Officer;

Wayne McCutcheon, Acting Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet;

Ginette Bougie, Director, Compensation and Classification.

From the Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat:

Joan Arnold, Director, Pensions Legislation Development, Pensions Division;

From the Department of Foreign Affairs:

Michel Voghel, Legal Counsel.

On Bill C-20

From the Privy Council Office:

Stéphane Perrault, Senior Privy Council Officer.

Thursday, April 1, 2004

On Bill C-20

From Elections Canada:

Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Chief Electoral Officer;

Diane R. Davidson, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Legal Counsel.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable George J. Furey, Chair

The Honourable Gérald-A. Beaudoin, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, *Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Baker, P.C., Bryden, Buchanan, P.C., Cools, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Nolin, Pearson, Smith, P.C.

*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 Nolin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kinsella (March 25, 2004).