Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable SERGE JOYAL, P.C.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Issue No. 38
First and second meetings:
Subject matter of those elements contained in Parts 1, 2, 8, 9 and 14 of Bill C-45, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts
- Order of Reference
- Minutes of Proceedings, March 21, 2018
- Minutes of Proceedings, March 22, 2018
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 21, 2018
- Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings, March 22, 2018
WITNESSES
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Health Canada:
Eric Costen, Director General, Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Secretariat;
John Clare, Director, Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs.
Department of Justice Canada:
Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section;
Diane Labelle, General Counsel;
Paul Saint-Denis, Senior Counsel.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Public Safety Canada:
Trevor Bhupsingh, Director General, Law Enforcement and Border Strategies;
Rachel Huggins, Manager, Policy Development;
Kimberly Lavoie, Director, Drug Policy.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
Superintendent Yves Goupil, Director, Federal Policing Criminal Operations;
Chief Superintendent Dennis Daley, Director General, Criminal Operations, Community Aboriginal Policing.
Health Canada:
Eric Costen, Director General, Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Secretariat;
John Clare, Director, Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs.
Department of Justice Canada:
Paul Saint-Denis, Senior Counsel.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., Chair
The Honourable Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Renée Dupuis, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Batters, Boniface, Carignan, P.C., *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, Gold, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), Jaffer, McIntyre, Pratte, Sinclair, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Jaffer was added to the membership (March 12, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Sinclair replaced the Honourable Senator Pate (March 1, 2018)