Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Issue No. 21
Third and fourth meetings:
Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act, the Competition Act and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act
WITNESSES
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Criminal Lawyers' Association:
Leo Russomanno, Member and Criminal Defence Counsel;
Michael Spratt, Member and Criminal Defence Counsel.
Canadian Centre for Child Protection:
Lianna McDonald, Executive Director;
Monique St. Germain, General Counsel.
As individuals:
Andrea Slane, Associate Professor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology;
Michael Geist, Law Professor, University of Ottawa.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Canadian Bar Association:
Tony Paisana, Executive Member, Criminal Justice Section (by video conference).
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:
Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner of Canada;
Patricia Kosseim, Senior General Counsel and Director General;
Daniel Caron, Legal Counsel.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada:
Rachel Gouin, Director, Research and Public Policy;
Fahd Alhattab, Alumnus.
Bully Free Community Alliance:
Basiliki Schinas-Vlasis, Co-Founder;
Gwyneth Anderson, Co-Founder.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Bob Runciman, Chair
The Honourable George Baker, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Batters, Boisvenu, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Dagenais, Frum, Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., McInnis, McIntyre, Plett, Rivest
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (November 6, 2014).