Past Session:

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

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18-19

Chair: The Honourable CHANTAL PETITCLERC

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Issue No. 63

First and second (final) meetings:
Bill C-84, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bestiality and animal fighting)

INCLUDING:
THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-84, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bestiality and animal fighting))

APPEARING

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

WITNESSES

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Department of Justice Canada:

François Daigle, Associate Deputy Minister;

Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel.

Canadian Veterinary Medical Association:

Dr. Alice Crook, Veterinarian and Adjunct Professor, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island (by video conference).

Humane Canada:

Barbara Cartwright, Chief Executive Officer.

British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals:

Shawn Eccles, Senior Manager, Cruelty Investigations.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Canadian Centre for Child Protection:

Monique St. Germain, General Counsel (by video conference).

Animal Justice:

Camille Labchuk, Executive Director.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Chantal Petitclerc, Chair

The Honourable Judith G. Seidman, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Boyer, *Day (or Mercer), Deacon (Ontario), Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Kutcher, Manning, Mégie, Munson, Oh, Omidvar, Ravalia, *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 orders of the Senate of November 7, 2017 and of November 20, 2018, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Omidvar replaced the Honourable Senator Moncion (June 13, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Smith replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (June 12, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Moncion replaced the Honourable Senator Omidvar (June 12, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Kutcher replaced the Honourable Senator Dasko (June 11, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Boyer replaced the Honourable Senator Forest-Niesing (June 11, 2019).

The Honourable Senator Omidvar replaced the Honourable Senator Kutcher (June 7, 2019).

Social Affairs, Science and Technology