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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable LISE BACON

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Issue No. 20

Second and third meetings on:

Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 (morning meeting)

As individuals:

Pamela Dickey Young, Head, Department of Religious Studies, Queen's University;

Bruce Ryder, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School;

Hugo Cyr, Professor, Faculty of Law, Université du Québec à Montréal.

Canadians for Equal Marriage (CEM):

Alex Munter, National Coordinator.

Egale Canada:

Laurie Arron, Director of Advocacy.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 (afternoon meeting)

As an individual:

Stanley Hartt.

Catholic Civil Rights League:

Philip Horgan, President.

As individuals:

Daniel Cere, Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture, McGill University;

Margaret Somerville, Acting Director, Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, McGill University;

Katherine K. Young, Professor, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University;

Iain Benson, Centre for Cultural Renewal.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lise Bacon, Chair

The Honourable John Trevor Eyton, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, *Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Chaput, Cools, Joyal, P.C., *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Milne, Mitchell, Nolin, Pearson, Ringuette, Rivest, St. Germain, P.C.

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

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