Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004-05

Chair: The Honourable LISE BACON

Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Thursday, October 27, 2005

Issue No. 24

First, second and third meetings on:

Bill S-39, An Act to amend the National Defence Act, the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the Criminal Records Act

APPEARING:

The Honourable William Graham, P.C., M.P.,
Minister of National Defence

WITNESSES:

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

National Defence:

Major-General Jerry Pitzul, Q.C., Judge Advocate General.

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:

Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections Policy.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers:

William Trudell, Chair.

Thursday, October 27, 2005

National Defence:

Colonel Dominic McAlea, Deputy Judge Advocate General for Military Justice and Administrative Law;

Louis-Philippe Côté, Counsel and Special Assistant, Office of the Legal Advisor to National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:

Mary Campbell, Director General, Corrections Policy.

Department of Justice Canada:

Doug Hoover, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Lise Bacon, Chair

The Honourable J. Trevor Eyton, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, *Austin, P.C., (or Rompkey, P.C.), Bryden, Cools, Joyal, P.C., *Kinsella, (or Stratton), Milne, Nolin, Pearson, Ringuette, Rivest, Sibbeston

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

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

Substitution pending for the Honourable Senator Mercer (October 3, 2005).

The name of the Honourable Senator Bryden added (October 11, 2005).