Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16
Chair: The Honourable BOB RUNCIMAN
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Issue No. 12
Eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth meetings:
Study on matters pertaining to delays in Canada's criminal justice system
WITNESSES
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Vancouver Police Department:
Adam Palmer, Chief Constable.
British Columbia Crown Counsel Association:
Jennifer Lopes, Vice President.
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Government of British Columbia:
Sam MacLeod, Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.
BC Justice Reform Initiatives:
Geoffrey Cowper, Chair.
Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of BC:
Darlene Shackelly, Executive Director.
Acumen Law Corporation:
Paul Doroshenko, Lawyer.
Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia:
Richard Fowler, Fowler and Smith.
Peck and Company:
Eric Gottardi, Partner.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
As individuals:
The Honourable Neil Wittmann, Chief Justice, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta;
The Honourable Terrence Matchett, Chief Judge, Provincial Court of Alberta.
Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre:
Sheldon Kennedy, Lead Director.
Calgary Police Service:
Roger Chaffin, Chief Constable.
Alberta Crown Attorneys Association:
Damian Rogers, Treasurer.
Legal Aid Alberta:
Suzanne Poilkosnik, President and CEO.
Calgary Youth Justice Society:
Denise Blair, Executive Director.
Criminal Trial Lawyers Association:
Graham Johnson, Partner, Dawson, Duckett, Shaigec & Garcia.
Calgary Legal Guidance:
Margaret Keelaghan, Senior Managing Counsel.
Criminal Defence Lawyers Association of Alberta:
Ian Savage, President.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Saskatoon Police Service:
Clive Weighill, Chief.
Saskatchewan Crown Attorneys Association:
Kelly Kaip, President.
Ministry of Justice, Government of Saskatchewan:
Matt Gray, Director, Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime.
Community Mobilization Prince Albert:
Troy Dumont, Interim Executive Director;
Markus Winterberger, Analyst, Strategic Intelligence;
Tamara Dunlop, Tactical Analyst .
Global Network for Community Safety Canada Inc.:
Norman Taylor, President.
Legal Aid Saskatchewan:
Craig Goebel, Chief Executive Officer;
Joanne Khan, Legal Director.
Saskatchewan Aboriginal Courtworker Program:
Annette Ermine, Program Manager;
Kathleen Makela, Manager, Program of Legal Studies for Native People, Native Law Centre, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan;
Carol Lafonde, Aboriginal Courtworker.
Saskatoon Criminal Defence Lawyers Association Inc.:
Andrew Mason, President;
Michael W. Owens, Vice-President.
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), Dagenais, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), Jaffer, Joyal, P.C., McInnis, McIntyre, Plett, Sinclair, White
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)