Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07

Chair: The Honourable ART EGGLETON, P.C.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Issue No. 22

First (final) meeting on:

Bill C-252, An Act to amend the Divorce Act 
(access for spouse who is terminally ill  or in critical condition)

INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-252)

• Orders of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Seventeenth Report
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings (50K)

WITNESSES:

Senate of Canada:

The Honourable Senator Consiglio Di Nino, sponsor of the bill.

House of Commons:

Rick Casson, M.P., sponsor of the bill.

Department of Justice Canada:

Lise Lafrenière-Henrie, Senior Counsel, Family Law Policy;

Claire Farid, Counsel, Family Law Policy.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Wilbert J. Keon, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Callbeck, Champagne, C.P, Cochrane, Cook, Cordy, Fairbairn, P.C., Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Munson, Nancy Ruth, Pépin, Trenholme Counsell

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)